Re: First call for votes for the Lenny release GR

[Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org>]

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 10:30:05PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote:
> > I don't think trivial cases are going to be much of a problem. In any
> > case, I was thinking of a voting procedure for this body where the few
> > voters would only be allowed to vote "yes" or "no", plus perhaps a
> > rationale; we don't need a full condorcet system for interpretation,
> > methinks (but I have an open mind on that one...)
> 
> A full condorcet doesn't hurt however, see the tech ctte. (Though we
> have one bug in case we need qualified majorities, as the constitution
> doesn't require 1:n, but 1:n+1, which is an issue in small groups -
> but we should fix that anyways.)

There's a difference. The tech ctte is supposed to make a
recommendation; this body would only be required to judge on
interpretation.

Basically, you'd have to formulate your question so that it'd be
something like 'I think this part of the constitution needs to be
interpreted in this particular way. Is that correct?'

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