An anonymous reader writes: Debian Project Secretary Kurt Roeckx has announced the results of a closely-watched vote on what statement would be made about Richard Stallman's readmission to the Free Software Foundation's board. Seven options were considered, with the Debian project's 420 voting d...
  • federico3
    5·
    4 years ago

    The diagram and beat matrix at the bottom of https://www.debian.org/vote/2021/vote_002 tell a different story:

    • the cluster of options 1/2/3/4 are very strong and very close to winning.
    • the “support RMS” options 5/6 flat out failed
    • had the vote been between the two clusters, the first would have won.
    • Unsurprisingly, a lot of people voted “no statement” as a fall-back option, and Condorcet strongly favors options that makes most people “not completely unhappy” rather than making a relative majority with their preferred choice.
    • lorabe
      5·
      4 years ago

      To me that’s the perfect description of mixed feelings.