Kurt Roeckx <k...@roeckx.be> writes: > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:07:03PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> 6 Anything which overrides a Foundation Document modifies it to contain >> that expecific exception and must say so in the proposal before the >> vote proceeds. Such overrides require a 3:1 majority. >> A GR which explicitly states that it does not override a Foundation >> Document but instead offers a project interpretation of that Foundation >> Document does not modify the document and therefore does not require a >> 3:1 majority. This is true even if the Secretary disagrees with the >> interpretation. However, such intepretations are not binding on the >> project. > Would that be a "position statement"? That only seems to have a > normal majority requirement. > > The problem I have with position statements is that they're not > binding. But it atleast gives the secretary a consensus to base > decisions on for other votes. Yup, exactly, something that fit the last paragraph would be a position statement. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org