r11276 - /packages/trunk/doc-debian/doc/constitution.wml
Author: joostvb
Date: Sun Aug 21 11:08:23 2016
New Revision: 11276
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/?sc=1&rev=11276
Log:
import constitution.1.5.wml, constitution.1.6.wml; update current constitution to 1.7
Modified:
packages/trunk/doc-debian/doc/constitution.wml
Modified: packages/trunk/doc-debian/doc/constitution.wml
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/packages/trunk/doc-debian/doc/constitution.wml?rev=11276&op=diff
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--- packages/trunk/doc-debian/doc/constitution.wml (original)
+++ packages/trunk/doc-debian/doc/constitution.wml Sun Aug 21 11:08:23 2016
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<h1>Constitution for the Debian Project (v1.5)</h1>
-
-
-<p>Version 1.5 ratified on January 9th, 2015. Supersedes
-<a href="constitution.1.4">Version 1.4</a> ratified on October 7th,
-2007,
+<h1>Constitution for the Debian Project (v1.7)</h1>
+
+<p>Version 1.7</a> ratified on August 14th, 2016. Supersedes
+<a href="constitution.1.6">Version 1.6</a> ratified on December 13th, 2015,
+<a href="constitution.1.5">Version 1.5</a> ratified on January 9th, 2015,
+<a href="constitution.1.4">Version 1.4</a> ratified on October 7th, 2007,
<a href="constitution.1.3">Version 1.3</a> ratified on September 24th,
2006,
<a href="constitution.1.2">Version 1.2</a> ratified on October 29th,
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
<li>The Project Leader;</li>
- <li>The Technical Committee and/or its Chairman;</li>
+ <li>The Technical Committee and/or its Chair;</li>
<li>The individual Developer working on a particular task;</li>
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
<li>
<p>A person may hold several posts, except that the Project Leader,
- Project Secretary and the Chairman of the Technical Committee must
+ Project Secretary and the Chair of the Technical Committee must
be distinct, and that the Leader cannot appoint themselves as their
own Delegate.</p>
</li>
@@ -458,10 +458,10 @@
</li>
<li>
- <p>Appoint the Chairman of the Technical Committee.</p>
+ <p>Appoint the Chair of the Technical Committee.</p>
<p>
- The Chairman is elected by the Committee from its members. All
+ The Chair is elected by the Committee from its members. All
members of the committee are automatically nominated; the
committee votes starting one week before the post will become
vacant (or immediately, if it is already too late). The members
@@ -474,10 +474,10 @@
</li>
<li>
- <p>The Chairman can stand in for the Leader, together with the
+ <p>The Chair can stand in for the Leader, together with the
Secretary</p>
- <p>As detailed in §7.1(2), the Chairman of the Technical
+ <p>As detailed in §7.1(2), the Chair of the Technical
Committee and the Project Secretary may together stand in for the
Leader if there is no Leader.</p>
</li>
@@ -511,8 +511,8 @@
<li>
<p>A Developer is not eligible to be (re)appointed to the Technical
- Committee if they have been a member within the previous 12
- months.</p>
+ Committee if they have been a member within the previous 12
+ months.</p>
</li>
<li>
@@ -526,17 +526,17 @@
<ol>
<li>
<p>On January 1st of each year the term of any Committee member
- who has served more than 42 months (3.5 years) and who is one
- of the two most senior members is set to expire on December
- 31st of that year.</p>
+ who has served more than 42 months (3.5 years) and who is one
+ of the two most senior members is set to expire on December
+ 31st of that year.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>A member of the Technical Committee is said to be more
- senior than another if they were appointed earlier, or were
- appointed at the same time and have been a member of the
- Debian Project longer. In the event that a member has been
- appointed more than once, only the most recent appointment is
- relevant.</p>
+ senior than another if they were appointed earlier, or were
+ appointed at the same time and have been a member of the
+ Debian Project longer. In the event that a member has been
+ appointed more than once, only the most recent appointment is
+ relevant.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
@@ -559,10 +559,10 @@
<li>
<p>Details regarding voting</p>
- <p>The Chairman has a casting vote. When the Technical Committee
+ <p>The Chair has a casting vote. When the Technical Committee
votes whether to override a Developer who also happens to be a
member of the Committee, that member may not vote (unless they are
- the Chairman, in which case they may use only their casting
+ the Chair, in which case they may use only their casting
vote).</p>
</li>
@@ -625,10 +625,10 @@
</li>
<li>
- <p>Can stand in for the Leader, together with the Chairman of the
+ <p>Can stand in for the Leader, together with the Chair of the
Technical Committee.</p>
- <p>If there is no Project Leader then the Chairman of the
+ <p>If there is no Project Leader then the Chair of the
Technical Committee and the Project Secretary may by joint
agreement make decisions if they consider it imperative to do
so.</p>
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@
<p>If there is no Project Secretary or the current Secretary is
unavailable and has not delegated authority for a decision then the
-decision may be made or delegated by the Chairman of the Technical
+decision may be made or delegated by the Chair of the Technical
Committee, as Acting Secretary.</p>
<p>The Project Secretary's term of office is 1 year, at which point
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@
Developers.</p>
<p>When acting together to stand in for an absent Project Leader the
-Chairman of the Technical Committee and the Project Secretary should
+Chair of the Technical Committee and the Project Secretary should
make decisions only when absolutely necessary and only when consistent
with the consensus of the Developers.</p>
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@
<p>These rules apply to communal decision-making by committees and
plebiscites, where stated above.</p>
-<h3>A.1. Proposal</h3>
+<h3>A.0. Proposal</h3>
<p>The formal procedure begins when a draft resolution is proposed and
sponsored, as required.</p>
@@ -913,8 +913,8 @@
</li>
<li>
An option A defeats the default option D by a majority
- ratio N, if V(A,D) is strictly greater than N * V(D,A).
- </li>
+ ratio N, if V(A,D) is greater or equal to N * V(D,A) and V(A,D) is strictly great
+ </li>
<li>
If a supermajority of S:1 is required for A, its majority ratio
is S; otherwise, its majority ratio is 1.
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