Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-12-08 Thread Russ Allbery
Wouter Verhelst writes: > I could bypass the whole thing and claim a minor change. That's probably > cheating, but then again, it is what I had always intended, so from that > POV I guess it isn't. > So unless someone objects, the below is now the proposal: The current constitution is kind of w

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-12-02 Thread Wouter Verhelst
... let's try that with cryptography this time around. On Thu, Dec 02, 2021 at 11:58:21PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Thu, Dec 02, 2021 at 01:46:51PM -0700, Sam Hartman wrote: > > > "Wouter" == Wouter Verhelst writes: > > > > Wouter> Hi Kurt, > > Wouter> On Thu, Dec 02, 2021 a

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-12-02 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Thu, Dec 02, 2021 at 01:46:51PM -0700, Sam Hartman wrote: > > "Wouter" == Wouter Verhelst writes: > > Wouter> Hi Kurt, > Wouter> On Thu, Dec 02, 2021 at 06:45:24PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > Wouter> It was always my intent that the discussion time can be kept > Wouter> ali

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-12-02 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Wouter" == Wouter Verhelst writes: Wouter> Hi Kurt, Wouter> On Thu, Dec 02, 2021 at 06:45:24PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: Wouter> It was always my intent that the discussion time can be kept Wouter> alive as long as it has not yet expired, but that it cannot Wouter> be r

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-12-02 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Hi Kurt, On Thu, Dec 02, 2021 at 06:45:24PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Thu, Dec 02, 2021 at 03:50:22PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > Ping? > > I've pushed this to the website on Tuesday. I forgot to mail > that I've done so. Ah, yes; indeed. I missed that, obviously. Looking it over one

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-12-02 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Dec 02, 2021 at 03:50:22PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 06:52:59PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 09:31:42AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > > > Wouter Verhelst writes: > > > > > > > aaand this should've been signed. Good morning. > > >

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-12-02 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 06:52:59PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 09:31:42AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > > Wouter Verhelst writes: > > > > > aaand this should've been signed. Good morning. > > > > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 09:50:14AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > >

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-30 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Hi Kurt, On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 11:54:57PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 09:53:50AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > > Text of the GR > > > == > > > > > > The Debian Developers, by way of General Resolution, amend the Debian > > > constitution under point 4.1.2

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-30 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 09:53:50AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > Text of the GR > > == > > > > The Debian Developers, by way of General Resolution, amend the Debian > > constitution under point 4.1.2 as follows. This General Resolution > > requires a 3:1 majority. > > > > Sections

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-29 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 09:31:42AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Wouter Verhelst writes: > > > aaand this should've been signed. Good morning. > > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 09:50:14AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > >> All this changes my proposal to the below. I would appreciate if my >

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-29 Thread Russ Allbery
Wouter Verhelst writes: > aaand this should've been signed. Good morning. > On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 09:50:14AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: >> All this changes my proposal to the below. I would appreciate if my >> seconders would re-affirm that they agree with the changes I propose, >> an

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-29 Thread Louis-Philippe Véronneau
On 2021-11-23 02 h 50, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > ... and then I realize I *also* made a (small, but crucial) mistake: > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 05:15:34PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > [...] >> Section A >> - >> >> Replace section A as per Russ' proposal, with the following changes: >>

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-29 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
I second the below amendament. On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 09:53:50AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 09:50:14AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > ... and then I realize I *also* made a (small, but crucial) mistake: > > > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 05:15:34PM +0200, Wouter Verh

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-26 Thread Russ Allbery
Bill Allombert writes: > Could you provide this as a patches series or similar ? > I tried to read it several time and each time I felt I was missing the > context, that fundamentally I did not understand what the result would > be. Yes, absolutely. Hopefully should be available by the end of

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-26 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 10:04:07AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > I propose the following General Resolution, which will require a 3:1 > majority, and am seeking sponsors. Hello Russ, Could you provide this as a patches series or similar ? I tried to read it several time and each time I felt I was

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-26 Thread Kyle Robbertze
Let's try this signed. Seconded On 2021/11/26 12:35, Kyle Robbertze wrote: On 2021/11/23 09:53, Wouter Verhelst wrote: aaand this should've been signed. Good morning. On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 09:50:14AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: ... and then I realize I *also* made a (small, but cruc

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-26 Thread Kyle Robbertze
On 2021/11/23 09:53, Wouter Verhelst wrote: aaand this should've been signed. Good morning. On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 09:50:14AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: ... and then I realize I *also* made a (small, but crucial) mistake: On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 05:15:34PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wro

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-25 Thread Russ Allbery
Simon McVittie writes: > Also a TC member but writing only on my own behalf. I agree with Gunnar > that NOTA seems fine as a default for TC decisions (except for choosing > the TC chair, which is special-cased to have no default). Okay, sounds good. That's multiple people in support and no one

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-25 Thread Simon McVittie
I've lost track of who wrote: > > > Suggest making this "None of the above" instead of "Further discussion" > > > to avoid two different default options for TC decisions vs project > > > decisions. On Thu, 25 Nov 2021 at 10:28:55 -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > I would prefer the change to extend al

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-25 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Russ Allbery dijo [Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 03:41:18PM -0800]: > >>1. Any member of the Technical Committee may propose a resolution. > >> This creates an initial two-option ballot, the other option > >> being the default option of "Further discussion." The proposer > >>

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-24 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 09:00:07AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Wouter Verhelst writes: > > > Since both Russ and myself seem to be having issues here, in order to > > better understand the proposed changes, I have made > > https://salsa.debian.org/wouter/webwml/-/blob/constitution-russ/english/d

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-23 Thread Russ Allbery
Pierre-Elliott Bécue writes: > Russ Allbery wrote on 23/11/2021 at 23:39:51+0100: >> Yes, indeed, no problem. Currently, I'm aware of only one correction > I pointed out a typo, but probably did not emphasize it clearly enough. :) >> 4. The addition of a ballot option or the change via a amen

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-23 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Russ Allbery wrote on 23/11/2021 at 23:39:51+0100: > Kurt Roeckx writes: >> On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 10:04:07AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > >>> I propose the following General Resolution, which will require a 3:1 >>> majority, and am seeking sponsors. > >> This is now at: >> https://www.debian.

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-23 Thread Russ Allbery
Kurt Roeckx writes: > On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 10:04:07AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: >> I propose the following General Resolution, which will require a 3:1 >> majority, and am seeking sponsors. > This is now at: > https://www.debian.org/vote/2021/vote_003 Thank you! > I did not add any of the

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-23 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 10:04:07AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > I propose the following General Resolution, which will require a 3:1 > majority, and am seeking sponsors. This is now at: https://www.debian.org/vote/2021/vote_003 I did not add any of the corrections, you did not sign them, you indi

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-23 Thread Russ Allbery
Don Armstrong writes: > Because of this (and others), can I suggest that the ballot option be > specified as a wdiff to the existing constitution? Thanks to Wouter's work, here's a wdiff against the webwml of the current constitution. This diff format makes a total hash of 6.3.1 and section A,

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-23 Thread Russ Allbery
Wouter Verhelst writes: > Since both Russ and myself seem to be having issues here, in order to > better understand the proposed changes, I have made > https://salsa.debian.org/wouter/webwml/-/blob/constitution-russ/english/devel/constitution.wml > (which is a version of the constitution with the

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-23 Thread Russ Allbery
Holger Levsen writes: > I *believe* you'll find it in english/devel/constitution.wml in > g...@salsa.debian.org:webmaster-team/webwml > (*After* the GR when the change is actually going to be made please note > that there are files like english/devel/constitution.1.$x.wml...) Thank you! -- Ru

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-23 Thread Holger Levsen
I second this. On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 09:53:50AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 05:15:34PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > [...] > > > Section A > > > - > > > > > > Replace section A as per Russ' proposal, with the following changes: > > > > > > A.1.1. Strik

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-23 Thread Mathias Behrle
* Wouter Verhelst: " Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)" (Tue, 23 Nov 2021 09:53:50 +0200): > aaand this should've been signed. Good morning. Applies for me as well... > > Text of the GR > > == > > > > The Debia

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-22 Thread Wouter Verhelst
aaand this should've been signed. Good morning. On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 09:50:14AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > ... and then I realize I *also* made a (small, but crucial) mistake: > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 05:15:34PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > [...] > > Section A > > - > >

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-22 Thread Wouter Verhelst
... and then I realize I *also* made a (small, but crucial) mistake: On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 05:15:34PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: [...] > Section A > - > > Replace section A as per Russ' proposal, with the following changes: > > A.1.1. Strike the sentence "The maximum discussion peri

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-22 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 12:09:54AM +0100, Mathias Behrle wrote: > > Seconded. Your message isn't signed. Kurt

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-22 Thread Mathias Behrle
* Wouter Verhelst: " Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)" (Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:15:34 +0200): > Text of the GR > == > > The Debian Developers, by way of General Resolution, amend the Debian > constitution under point 4.1.2 as follows. This Gene

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-22 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Wouter Verhelst wrote on 22/11/2021 at 16:15:34+0100: > [[PGP Signed Part:No public key for 2DFC519954181296 created at > 2021-11-22T16:15:27+0100 using RSA]] > I propose the following amendment. I expect Russ to not accept it, and > am looking for seconds. > > Rationale > = > > Much of

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-22 Thread Holger Levsen
tl;dr: I second this. On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 05:15:34PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > Text of the GR > == > > The Debian Developers, by way of General Resolution, amend the Debian > constitution under point 4.1.2 as follows. This General Resolution > requires a 3:1 majority. > > S

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-22 Thread Wouter Verhelst
I propose the following amendment. I expect Russ to not accept it, and am looking for seconds. Rationale = Much of the rationale of Russ' proposal still applies, and indeed this amendment builds on it. However, the way the timing works is different, on purpose. Our voting system, which n

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-22 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 03:41:18PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Is there a Git repository somewhere with the canonical copy of the > constitution that I an start from? I assume it's somewhere in the > www.debian.org machinery, which is something I've never worked with before > and am not sure how

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-22 Thread Holger Levsen
On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 03:41:18PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > > Because of this (and others), can I suggest that the ballot option be > > specified as a wdiff to the existing constitution? > Is there a Git repository somewhere with the canonical copy of the > constitution that I an start from? I

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-22 Thread Holger Levsen
tl;dr: I second this. On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 10:04:07AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Effect of the General Resolution > > > The Debian Developers, by way of General Resolution, amend the Debian > constitution under point 4.1.2 as follows. This General Resolution

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-21 Thread Russ Allbery
Don Armstrong writes: > On Sat, 20 Nov 2021, Russ Allbery wrote: >>1. Any member of the Technical Committee may propose a resolution. >> This creates an initial two-option ballot, the other option >> being the default option of "Further discussion." The proposer >>

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-21 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sat, 20 Nov 2021, Russ Allbery wrote: >1. Any member of the Technical Committee may propose a resolution. > This creates an initial two-option ballot, the other option > being the default option of "Further discussion." The proposer > of the resolution becom

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-21 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Russ Allbery wrote on 20/11/2021 at 19:04:07+0100: > [[PGP Signed Part:No public key for 7D80315C5736DE75 created at > 2021-11-20T19:04:07+0100 using RSA]] > I propose the following General Resolution, which will require a 3:1 > majority, and am seeking sponsors. > > > Rationale > = > >

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-20 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes: Russ> I propose the following General Resolution, which will require Russ> a 3:1 majority, and am seeking sponsors. I second your proposed GR regarding voting systems improvements and do not object to the minor change Philip pointed out and you accep

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-20 Thread Russ Allbery
Philip Hands writes: > Although, I think you should fix A.2.3 which currently says: >> ... sponsors stepping forward, it removed from the draft ballot. >^ > which I'd suggest needs an 'is', or perhaps 'will be', between 'it' & > 'removed' Sigh, thank you. I

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-20 Thread Philip Hands
Russ Allbery writes: > This constitutional change attempts to address those issues by > > * separating the Technical Committee process from the General Resolution > process since they have different needs; > * requiring (passive) consensus among TC members that a resolution is > ready to proc

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-20 Thread Timo Röhling
* Russ Allbery [2021-11-20 10:04]: I propose the following General Resolution, which will require a 3:1 majority, and am seeking sponsors. Rationale = We have uncovered several problems with the current constitutional mechanism for preparing a Technical Committee resolution or General