On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 03:38:55PM -0600, Ean Schuessler wrote: > ----- "Steve Langasek" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Yes, I agree that supermajority requirements are a bad idea in > > general. > To understand the need for a supermajority all you have to do is look at > American politics. A supermajority insures that a razor thin majority > can't end up doing something radically disagreeable to almost half the > population. With a three to one supermajority you insure that only a true > minority of the project would be in disagreement with whatever action is > under consideration. Oh gee, so the US is using Condorcet now? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [email protected] [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
