Re: Debian's custom use of Condorcet and later-no-harm

2014-02-28 Thread Ian Jackson
Thue Janus Kristensen writes ("Re: Debian's custom use of Condorcet and later-no-harm"): > I am not completely sure, but I think both ways accomplish the same thing, > if you always only use the >= criterium. > > My way seems more flexible though, since you can use it with >= or >, or > 2/3 major

Re: Debian's custom use of Condorcet and later-no-harm

2014-02-28 Thread Neil McGovern
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 04:50:47PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > In my proposal, the casting voter gets to choose between A and B and > there less incentive to manipulate the system by voting FD. > I'm just wondering, what was the purpose behind treating FD as a special case in the first place? Cou

Re: Debian's custom use of Condorcet and later-no-harm

2014-02-28 Thread Ian Jackson
Neil McGovern writes ("Re: Debian's custom use of Condorcet and later-no-harm"): > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 04:50:47PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > > In my proposal, the casting voter gets to choose between A and B and > > there less incentive to manipulate the system by voting FD. > > I'm just wond

Re: Debian's custom use of Condorcet and later-no-harm

2014-02-28 Thread Thue Janus Kristensen
2014-02-28 17:50 GMT+01:00 Ian Jackson : > Thue Janus Kristensen writes ("Re: Debian's custom use of Condorcet and > later-no-harm"): > > I am not completely sure, but I think both ways accomplish the same > thing, > > if you always only use the >= criterium. > Actually, they are not identical. Y

Proposal - preserve freedom of choice of init systems

2014-02-28 Thread Matthew Vernon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, I wish to propose the following general resolution, and hereby call for seconds. I don't think further lengthy discussion of the issues is likely to be productive, and therefore hope we can bring this swiftly to a vote so that the project can st