Re: Making sure that policy amendments don't die
- To: Brock Rozen <brozen@torah.org>
- Cc: Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>, Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>, debian-policy@lists.debian.org, recipient list not shown: ;
- Subject: Re: Making sure that policy amendments don't die
- From: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
- Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 13:25:55 -0700
- Message-id: <19990530132555.R10788@kitenet.net>
- Mail-followup-to: Brock Rozen <brozen@torah.org>, Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>, Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>, debian-policy@lists.debian.org, recipient list not shown: ;
- In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9905301653080.3614-100000@rina.torah.org>; from Brock Rozen on Sun, May 30, 1999 at 04:56:06PM +0300
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Brock Rozen wrote:
> Another important question: what about those who object to the proposal?
> Should they be formally recorded? And what happens with that? Should we
> require X number more seconders than objectors? (X should be the number
> above..and again, if it's 5-4 that something should pass as a change in
> policy, is that enough?)
You're missing part of the point of Manoj's process. It's designed to be
very lightweight, low on formal stuff. If people object we obviously lack a
consensus, so the proposal doesn't get in.
--
see shy jo
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