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Re: Bundled votes and the secretary



On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 08:28:19PM +0000, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 09:58:09AM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote:
> > from http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_007#majorityreq
> >    4.  We give priority to the timely release of Etch over sorting every
> >        bit out; for this reason, we will treat removal of sourceless
> >        firmware as a best-effort process, and deliver firmware in udebs
> >        as long as it is necessary for installation (like all udebs), and
> >        firmware included in the kernel itself as part of Debian Etch, as
> >        long as we are legally allowed to do so, and the firmware is
> >        distributed upstream under a license that complies with the DFSG.
> > 
> > 
> > and from the current vote:
> >    4.  We give priority to the timely release of Lenny over sorting
> >        every bit out; for this reason, we will treat removal of
> >        sourceless firmware as a best-effort process, and deliver
> >        firmware as part of Debian Lenny as long as we are legally
> >        allowed to do so.
> > 
> > Now explain to me how a genuine interpretation of the Constitution let
> > the former need simple majority and the latter super majority.
> 
> The biggest difference is the "under a license that complies with
> the DFSG" part.  There is also the udeb part that's different.
> 
> Note that we also have the an option (choice 5) with the "under a
> license that complies with the DFSG" part and that doesn't have the
> 3:1 majority requirement.

We could have worded it like in '06 and achieve the same then (IOW there
is no "gain" in the wording difference that you believe - and I still do
not believe it - warrants the 3:1 majority wrt what this option tries to
achieve).
-- 
·O·  Pierre Habouzit
··O                                                madcoder@debian.org
OOO                                                http://www.madism.org

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