> On Jul 18, 2018, at 1:23 PM, Alex Martelli <al...@google.com> wrote: > > Since 1179 (and with a few very minor exceptions in the centuries right after > then -- none since 1612), the Catholic Church requires a super-majority of > 2/3 to elect a new Pope. I don't see how the choice of a BDFL is so much more > important to the Python community, than the choice of a Pope is to the > Catholic Church; thus, requiring 90% rather than "just" 2/3 seems unwarranted.
This is a good point. Moreover, I'm sure Monty Python-wise it's only fitting for us to base our rules on a papal conclave. If we do, then it looks like 2/3 it is. However, historically cardinal participation rates were really high so I'd like to keep the 90% participation rule there. I do find it a bit problematic that a papal conclave doesn't vote "yes/no" but rather just places names for a predefined position using predefined rules. > In fact, a 90% requirement gets dangerously close to a requirement for > unanimity -- allowing any member of the Sejm to shout "Nie pozwalam!" and > thus end the session and nullify every decision made in the session. Oh, you know how to hit close to home! However, there's a big difference between one vote vetoing the ruling and ten (as there's 100+ GitHub committers now IIRC). But yeah, if the Vatican is fine with two thirds, it sounds like we could, too. By the way, if we're already studying Polish parliamentary rules, 2/3 agreement is needed to make constitution changes. - Ł _______________________________________________ python-committers mailing list python-committers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-committers Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
