On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Kurt Roeckx <k...@roeckx.be> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 04:11:21AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: >> Therefore, in the Debian Constitution amend A.6(3) as follows: >> 3. Any (non-default) option which does not defeat the default >> option by its required majority ratio is dropped from >> consideration. >> 1. Given two options A and B, V(A,B) is the number of voters >> who prefer option A over option B. >> - 2. 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). >> - 3. If a supermajority of S:1 is required for A, its majority >> - ratio is S; otherwise, its majority ratio is 1. >> + 2. An option A defeats the default option D by its >> + required majority ratio if: >> + (a) V(A,D) is strictly greater than V(D,A); and >> + (b) if a supermajority of N:M is required for A, >> + M * V(A,D) is greater than or equal to N * V(D,A). > I'm also not very happy with the wording of supermajority. It's > not really defined what it means, but is used. For instance > 4.1.5.3 talks about a "3:1 majority" and not about a > supermajority. I will probably translate this to if N > 1 > for use in devotee.
The original patch for this issue changed those to refer to a supermajority requirement: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=636783#10 Using the term "supermajority" consistently to refer to 3:1 etc but not 1:1 seems like the clearer approach to me. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <a...@erisian.com.au> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ctte-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAJS_LCVWsGFVUBnBE26CvDUHLL6eHSyB=czyqkxn9dnn_wk...@mail.gmail.com
