+=== TC RESOLUTION STARTS ===
+
+1. The Debian Technical Committee hereby exercises its power in
+ 4.2(1) of the Debian Constitution to propose the following
+ General Resolution:
+
+ ----- GENERAL RESOLUTION STARTS -----
+
+ Constitutional Amendment- TC Supermajority Fix
+
+ Prior to the Clone Proof SSD GR in June 2003, the Technical
+ Committee could overrule a Developer with a supermajority of 3:1.
+
+ Unfortunately, the definition of supermajorities in the SSD GR has a
+ fencepost error. In the new text a supermajority requirement is met
+ only if the ratio of votes in favour to votes against is strictly
+ greater than the supermajority ratio.
+
+ In the context of the Technical Committee voting to overrule a
+ developer that means that it takes 4 votes to overcome a single
+ dissenter. And with a maximum committee size of 8, previously two
+ dissenters could be overruled by all 6 remaining members; now that
+ is no longer possible.
+
+ This change was unintentional, was contrary to the original intent
+ of the Constitution, and is unhelpful.
+
+ Therefore, in the Debian Constitution amend A.6(3) as follows:
+
+ 3. Any (non-default) option which does not defeat the default
+ option by its required majority ratio is dropped from
+ consideration.
+ 1. Given two options A and B, V(A,B) is the number of voters
+ who prefer option A over option B.
+ - 2. An option A defeats the default option D by a majority
+ - ratio N, if V(A,D) is strictly greater than N * V(D,A).
+ - 3. If a supermajority of S:1 is required for A, its majority
+ - ratio is S; otherwise, its majority ratio is 1.
+ + 2. An option A defeats the default option D by its
+ + required majority ratio if:
+ + (a) V(A,D) is strictly greater than V(D,A); and
+ + (b) if a supermajority of N:M is required for A,
+ + M * V(A,D) is greater than or equal to N * V(D,A).
+
+ The effect is to fix the fencepost bug. A 1:1 vote will need
+ strictly more in favour than against, but an N:1 vote will need only
+ exactly N:1. This will also have a (neglible) effect on any General
+ Resolutions requiring supermajorities.
+
+ For the avoidance of any doubt, this change does not affect any
+ votes (whether General Resolutions or votes in the Technical
+ Committee) in progress at the time the change is made.
+
+ ----- GENERAL RESOLUTION ENDS -----