[FFmpeg-devel] [ANNOUNCE] upcoming vote: TC/CC elections

Anton Khirnov anton at khirnov.net
Tue Nov 28 17:50:48 EET 2023


Quoting Derek Buitenhuis (2023-11-28 15:10:10)
> On 11/28/2023 1:23 PM, Anton Khirnov wrote:
> >  The system will assume you want to maximise the sum of weights of
> >  selected candidates. E.g. if X is given a weight of 10 and Y and Z have
> >  weights 8 and 6 respectively, then the voting algorithm will assume you
> >  prefer a committee with both Y and Z over one with X, because 14 > 10.
> >  However, giving Y and Z weight of 4 and 2 instead would have expressed
> >  that X is preferred to a combination of Y and Z, because 6 < 10.
> 
> This is the opposite of clear or concise, it is word soup.

Calling things generically bad is the opposite of helpful.

-- 
Anton Khirnov


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