Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-02-05 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 06:06:35PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: ... So if for example 4 members of the TC would say only systemd is an acceptable choice, and the other 4 members of the TC would say only upstart is an acceptable choice, then any result other than further discussion would be

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-02-01 Thread Ian Jackson
Sébastien Villemot writes (Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft): P1: DT UT DL UL P2: DL UL DT UT P3: UT UL DL DT P4: UT UL DL DT This is a nice example which actually demonstrates why these questions need to be voted on in a single ballot. If one votes on T-vs-L before U-vs-D

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-02-01 Thread Uoti Urpala
On Sat, 2014-02-01 at 17:10 +, Ian Jackson wrote: Sébastien Villemot writes (Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft): P1: DT UT DL UL P2: DL UL DT UT P3: UT UL DL DT P4: UT UL DL DT This is a nice example which actually demonstrates why these questions need

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-02-01 Thread Anthony Towns
On 2 February 2014 04:05, Uoti Urpala uoti.urp...@pp1.inet.fi wrote: On Sat, 2014-02-01 at 17:10 +, Ian Jackson wrote: Sébastien Villemot writes (Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft): P1: DT UT DL UL So his example was one where the D/U and L/T choices were independent for every

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-31 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 30 janvier 2014 à 14:40 +, Ian Jackson a écrit : D DM U UM O OM V VM GR and of course FD [snip text for 10 different options] == optional rider M (Multiple init systems) == Debian intends to support multiple init systems, for the foreseeable future, and so long as

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-31 Thread Neil McGovern
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 09:33:33AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: Given the Condorcet voting method is susceptible to tactical voting, Hi Josselin, I'm not sure what you mean here, could you care to elaborate? Neil signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-31 Thread Sébastien Villemot
Le vendredi 31 janvier 2014 à 11:55 +, Neil McGovern a écrit : On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 09:33:33AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: Given the Condorcet voting method is susceptible to tactical voting, Hi Josselin, I'm not sure what you mean here, could you care to elaborate? Here is my

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-31 Thread Josselin Mouette
Hi Neil, Le vendredi 31 janvier 2014 à 11:55 +, Neil McGovern a écrit : On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 09:33:33AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: Given the Condorcet voting method is susceptible to tactical voting, I'm not sure what you mean here, could you care to elaborate? Wikipedia has a

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-31 Thread Steven Chamberlain
On 31/01/14 14:02, Sébastien Villemot wrote: P1: DT UT DL UL P2: DL UL DT UT P3: UT UL DL DT P4: UT UL DL DT Of course, in the alternative scenario with two consecutive ballots (one on the init, followed by one on the coupling), it would not have been possible to express this

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-31 Thread Steven Chamberlain
On 31/01/14 14:02, Sébastien Villemot wrote: the reason of the victory of upstart in this hypothetical vote is that systemd proponents prefer to lose on the coupling question rather than on the init system question If having systemd is still a preference despite the outcome of the other

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-31 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 03:02:21PM +0100, Sébastien Villemot wrote: Le vendredi 31 janvier 2014 à 11:55 +, Neil McGovern a écrit : On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 09:33:33AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: Given the Condorcet voting method is susceptible to tactical voting, Hi Josselin,

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-31 Thread Bdale Garbee
Josselin Mouette j...@debian.org writes: == optional rider M (Multiple init systems) == Debian intends to support multiple init systems, for the foreseeable future, and so long as their respective communities and code remain healthy. Where feasible, software should

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-31 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014, Josselin Mouette wrote: With only two realistic options (systemd / upstart), this problem doesn’t exist. But introducing more options on the ballot, it becomes possible to obtain a rigged outcome. The vote being public, it is all the more easier to see how you should rank

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-31 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014, Don Armstrong wrote: If this actually becomes the case, we can vote again, or change our votes. Burying will be pretty obvious in this case, after all. Scratch what I said. Given that there isn't actually a potential compromise winner in this case, or anyone who has

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Jackson
I have taken Bdale's text, reformatted it a bit, and added the GR rider and the multiple init systems rider texts. For the GR rider I used the version from my previous standalone proposal. I see Bdale has a different text in git. I'll discuss that in a moment. For the multiple init systems

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes (TC resolution revised draft): For the GR rider I used the version from my previous standalone proposal. I see Bdale has a different text in git. I'll discuss that in a moment. I see that Bdale has his own draft in git. The differences are: * My GR rider is different to

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-30 Thread Steven Chamberlain
On 30/01/14 14:40, Ian Jackson wrote: D DM U UM O OM V VM GR and of course FD I think we can probably leave out one of each of O OM V VM. If anyone has a preference for O and V over OM and VM please say so. Couldn't it bias the outcome if votes might otherwise have been split between O

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes (TC resolution revised draft): I'm going to follow up in a moment with a formal action to propose a resolution, starting the constitutional discussion period. I hereby formally propose what I have called UM (text below). I also hereby formally propose DM as an amendment, but

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Jackson
Steven Chamberlain writes (Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft): On 30/01/14 14:40, Ian Jackson wrote: D DM U UM O OM V VM GR and of course FD I think we can probably leave out one of each of O OM V VM. If anyone has a preference for O and V over OM and VM please say so

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Jackson
Philipp Kern writes (Re: Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft): On 2014-01-30 15:59, Ian Jackson wrote: Our voting system (Condorcet with Schwartz Cloneproof Sequential Dropping) is designed to cope with that. In actual practice I'm expecting to have a single Condorcet winner in which

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Jackson
Philipp Kern writes (Re: Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft): So if we assume that upstart wins, would it be acceptable to depend on systemd (or vice versa)? We might then get a set called, say, Unity, depending on upstart and one called, say, GNOME, depending on systemd, which would

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Jackson
Philipp Kern writes (Re: Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft): On 2014-01-30 15:47, Ian Jackson wrote: == optional rider M (Multiple init systems) == Debian intends to support multiple init systems, for the foreseeable future, and so long as their respective communities