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Re: General Resolution: Fix Minor Bugs in Constitution



Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> writes:

>    ----- 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.

Cheers, Phil.
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