On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 03:52:37PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 09:47:36AM +0100, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote: > > Its not neccessary to interpret the DFSG in order to set majority > > requirements. > > (...) > > So, yes, that does require interpretation.
Actually I said it does not require interpretation of the DFSG to set majority requirements. And I still think this is true for this particular case. > > No, thats a inherently wrong way to work with a constitution. Somebody > > earlier in one of the related threads brought a good example. He > > compared the consitution of Debian with the consititution of a state. > > The important thing about a constitution is that one has to be careful > > with it. Its not a law that you change or interpret like you want if you > > see fit. > > Actually, a constitution /is/ a law; it's just a special type of law, Right. Might be that my wording was not clear. I just wanted to point out that my understanding of a constitution is, that it needs to be handled with more care then you do with a law. > I think that we have made the mistake of giving too much power to one > person. While I do not think Manoj willingly abused that power, I do > think that this has made it harder for him to retain his objectivity; > and that he has lost it over the years, though through no fault of his > own. Yep, I agree that it is bad to give too much power to one person and yes I agree that Manjoj did not willingly abuse his power. > The solution therefore seems obvious: The secretary should no longer be > the person who interprets the constitution. Instead, interpretation of > the constitution should be given to a small body of trusted developers > who only decide on interpretation when explicitly asked to do so. Right. I agree fully with this and would second a proposal that would push this idea forward (but *after* we released Lenny ofcourse :) Best Regards, Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
