Re: Should we rethink the 50%+1 requirement for non-"language changes"?
| From: | Jakub Zelenka | Date: | Sat, 30 Jan 2016 18:35:20 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Should we rethink the 50%+1 requirement for non-"language changes"? | ||
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On 30 Jan 2016 17:35, "Andrea Faulds" <ajf@ajf.me> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> The vote on the OpenSSL AEAD RFC[1] has made me question our current RFC
process again. Under the Voting RFC[2], "Language changes" (in practice,
changes to syntax and semantics) require at least a 2/3 majority to pass
when they come to a vote, whereas changes that don't fall under that
category require a mere plurality of more Yes votes than No votes, aka
"50%+1".
>
FYI the OpenSSL AEAD RFC passed 2/3 majority so not sure why it made you
question our RFC process... :)