Re: General Resolution: Fix Minor Bugs in Constitution
On 14106 March 1977, Sam Hartman wrote:
> ----- GENERAL RESOLUTION STARTS -----
>
>
> Constitutional Amendment: TC Supermajority Fix
>
> Prior to the Clone Proof SSD GR in June 2003, the Technical
> Committee could overrule a Developer with a supermajority of 3:1.
>
> Unfortunately, the definition of supermajorities in the SSD GR has a
> off-by-one error. In the new text a supermajority requirement is met
> only if the ratio of votes in favour to votes against is strictly
> greater than the supermajority ratio.
>
> In the context of the Technical Committee voting to overrule a
> developer that means that it takes 4 votes to overcome a single
> dissenter. And with a maximum committee size of 8, previously two
> dissenters could be outvoted by all 6 remaining members; now that
> is no longer possible.
>
> This change was unintentional, was contrary to the original intent
> of the Constitution, and is unhelpful.
>
> For the avoidance of any doubt, this change does not affect any
> votes (whether General Resolutions or votes in the Technical
> Committee) in progress at the time the change is made.
>
> Therefore, amend the Debian Constitution as follows:
>
> Index: doc/constitution.wml
> ===================================================================
> --- doc/constitution.wml (revision 10982)
> +++ doc/constitution.wml (working copy)
> @@ -913,7 +913,7 @@
> </li>
> <li>
> An option A defeats the default option D by a majority
> - ratio N, if V(A,D) is strictly greater than N * V(D,A).
> + ratio N, if V(A,D) is greater or equal to N * V(D,A) and V(A,D) is strictly greater than V(D,A).
> </li>
> <li>
> If a supermajority of S:1 is required for A, its majority ratio
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Constitutional Amendment: Fix duplicate section numbering.
>
> The current Debian Constitution has two sections numbered A.1.
> This does not currently give rise to any ambiguity but it is
> undesirable.
>
> Fix this with the following semantically neutral amendment:
>
> - Renumber the first section A.1 to A.0.
>
>
> ----- GENERAL RESOLUTION ENDS -----
Seconded.
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bye, Joerg
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