On Friday, October 30, 2015 08:00:30 PM Philip Hands wrote: > 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. Seconded. Scott K
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