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Subject: Re: [RFC] Abolish 50%+1 Votes
From: pthreads@pthreads.org (Joe Watkins)

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Afternoon Chrisoph,

The minimum number of votes is going to be the subject of another RFC,
let's leave that aside for now.

I've written many RFC's that change the language, the majority have failed.

Setting the bar high is the aim, and the bar feels high at 2/3+1, but
crucially, not higher than it should be.

Setting the bar too high is discouraging, I think: We don't want less
contributions, we want clearer outcomes.

Cheers
Joe

On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 5:57 PM, Christoph M. Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de>
wrote:

> On 17.11.2016 at 18:18, Joe Watkins wrote:
>
> > Afternoon internals,
> >
> > This has been discussed before in various RFC threads, there does seem =
to
> > be some consensus that 50%+1 votes could be harmful.
> >
> > To what degree, I am not sure.
> >
> > I raise for discussion the topic of abolishing 50%+1 votes, and requiri=
ng
> > all changes regardless of their nature to pass by  a super majority of
> > 2/3+1.
> >
> > Please read the (brief) RFC and raise objections here.
> >
> > There will be a one week discussion period for this RFC.
>
> Thans for the RFC, Joe.  I'm all for it, but maybe we should raise the
> bar even higher (say, 75% as suggested by Dennis), and perhaps also
> introduce a required minimum of votes (to avoid that a single yes vote
> could decide over an RFC).
>
> Anyhow, I would suggest to rewrite the introduction section =E2=80=93 a P=
HP RFC
> should better be concerned with PHP only. :-)
>
> --
> Christoph M. Becker
>
>

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