Bug#636783: TC casting vote

2014-05-23 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 22/05/14 at 10:14 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 03:56:26PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: We have had some discussion about this. No-one seems to have objected to the suggestion that the DPL, rather than the TC chairman, should have a casting vote in TC decisions.

Bug#636783: TC casting vote

2014-05-23 Thread Svante Signell
On Fri, 2014-05-23 at 08:32 +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: On 22/05/14 at 10:14 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 03:56:26PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: We have had some discussion about this. No-one seems to have objected to the suggestion that the DPL, rather than the TC

Bug#636783: TC casting vote

2014-05-23 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 23/05/14 at 09:42 +0200, Svante Signell wrote: On Fri, 2014-05-23 at 08:32 +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: On 22/05/14 at 10:14 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 03:56:26PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: We have had some discussion about this. No-one seems to have objected

Bug#636783: TC casting vote

2014-05-23 Thread Paul R. Tagliamonte
(Or having to abstain from a vote) On May 23, 2014 4:45 AM, Svante Signell svante.sign...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 2014-05-23 at 09:52 +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: On 23/05/14 at 09:42 +0200, Svante Signell wrote: On Fri, 2014-05-23 at 08:32 +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: The solution

Bug#636783: TC casting vote

2014-05-23 Thread Russ Allbery
Svante Signell svante.sign...@gmail.com writes: The solution is simple: Have an odd number of members in the TC. Then no casting vote is needed at all. I don't believe that's true, or that any simple transformation of the vote process can make that true. The casting vote is not used to break

Bug#636783: TC casting vote

2014-05-22 Thread Ian Jackson
We have had some discussion about this. No-one seems to have objected to the suggestion that the DPL, rather than the TC chairman, should have a casting vote in TC decisions. I'm therefore intending to roll this up into my TC GR(s). Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#636783: TC casting vote

2014-05-22 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Ian Jackson We have had some discussion about this. No-one seems to have objected to the suggestion that the DPL, rather than the TC chairman, should have a casting vote in TC decisions. I think it's a bad idea. The CTTE is a technical body. The DPL is a political leader. Having