Bug#210879: Questions about Quorum
> Some questions:
> Is there a 'canonical' way of finding, or place to find, the current
> number of developers?
Given the Debian keyrings (available from keyring.debian.org),
you can try running dvt-quorum from the package devotee (the arch
repository for that is at
http://arch.debian.org/arch/private/srivasta/archive-2003/)
> Is the current number of developers likely to fall below 100?
Highly unlikely.
> Is there a rationale behind this quorum formula of '3/2 of a square root'?
It feels right. The sqrt ensures that the quorum growsx
monotonically as the developer body grows, but does not rise too fast
so as to make votes hard. It it's attractive because it works well
even with absurdly low quorums; and it's roughly sensible, and no
one's come up with any reason to do anything different
manoj
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There is no remedy for sex but more sex.
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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