NM-committee voting scheme
Hi,
the NM committee seems to be a fairly recent thing and its role in a
rejection doesn't seem to be documented in the New Maintainer Corner.
I have some questions that hopefully help clarify a few things when
the NM pages get rewritten.
So lets jump right in. The DAM rejects someone (like me, thus the
sudden intres) with either a weak, strong or ultimate rejection and
sends a CC to the nm-committee. The nm-committee the ratifies or
overrules the decision. I think that much is clear.
But I'm not sure I understand the numbers needed for overruling right,
the part about "net". Let me use the curent number of 17 members as
example and go through the numbers. Please tell me if I'm wrong.
weak recetion:
A net 1/4 of the committee has to disagree, that means a net of 5
people.
Pro | abstention | Con | % Con
----+------------+-----+------
0 | 12 | 5 | 29.4%
1 | 10 | 6 | 35.3%
2 | 8 | 7 | 41.2%
3 | 6 | 8 | 47.1%
4 | 4 | 9 | 52.9%
5 | 2 | 10 | 58.8%
6 | 0 | 11 | 64.7%
If there are no members abstent the applicant needs nearly a
supermajority to overrule the DAM decision. Is that right?
Can members abstain? Does that happen?
strong rejection:
A net 2/3 of the committee has to disagree, that means a net of 12
people.
Pro | abstention | Con | % Con
----+------------+-----+------
0 | 5 | 12 | 70.5%
1 | 3 | 13 | 76.5%
2 | 1 | 14 | 82.4%
3 | 0 | 14 | 82.4% <<--- No overruling
If 17.6% of the committee agree with the DAM the NM is
rejected. Assuming abstention as being the rare exception a NM is
required to achieve 4/5 majority on a strong rejection.
ultimate rejection:
The DAM has to be replaced, which is very unlikely.
Is that how it works?
MfG
Goswin
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