Re: on the formal significance of vetoing something

2024-08-17 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 05:04:41PM +, Holger Levsen wrote: > hi & just for context, though my question is NOT about this case: > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 05:11:21PM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > > [...] I note that if > > our proposed change #somebug to the Debian policy that has received six

Re: on the formal significance of vetoing something

2024-08-15 Thread Holger Levsen
On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 10:19:08AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > I wonder if such a veto has any formal effect? > It doesn't. [..] > > IOW, anyone can veto anything, but a veto as such has no power on its > > own, right? > > Correct. The Policy Editors are responsible for judging consensus. We

Re: on the formal significance of vetoing something

2024-08-14 Thread Russ Allbery
Holger Levsen writes: > hi & just for context, though my question is NOT about this case: > On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 05:11:21PM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: >> [...] I note that if our proposed change #somebug to the Debian policy >> that has received six seconds and one veto comes into effect >

on the formal significance of vetoing something

2024-08-14 Thread Holger Levsen
hi & just for context, though my question is NOT about this case: On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 05:11:21PM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > [...] I note that if > our proposed change #somebug to the Debian policy that has received six > seconds and one veto comes into effect I wonder if such a veto has a