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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Abolish 50%+1 Votes
From: me@kelunik.com (Niklas Keller)

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2016-11-17 18:18 GMT+01:00 Joe Watkins <pthreads@pthreads.org>:

> 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 requiring
> 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.
>
> Cheers
> Joe
>

What's the reason for 2/3+1 instead of 2/3? Currently we have 50%+1 or 2/3,
but not 2/3+1 as 2/3 is already a majority.

Regards, Niklas

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