[aur-general] Understanding the Trusted User Bylaws

[Loui Chang]

On Sun 05 Dec 2010 00:44 +0200, Ionuț Bîru wrote:
> On 12/05/2010 12:25 AM, Loui Chang wrote:
> >http://aur.archlinux.org/trusted-user/TUbylaws.html
> >
> >I've noticed that there have been a few cases relatively recently where
> >people don't really understand the bylaws.
> >
> >I'd like to encourage all Trusted Users to read over the bylaws
> >periodically to make sure that they fully understand the procedures.
> >Questions and clarifications are welcome on this list.
> >
> >If something is hard to understand, the bylaws can be revised and amended.
> >If you don't agree with a certain procedure that may also be amended.
> >
> >Thanks for your consideration.
> 
> because the bylaws are cryptic and i would enumerate below the logic of the
> bylaws understand right now. in parentheses

Well, the biggest cryptic thing in the Bylaws are lines like:
> bool SVP( motion, unsigned short discussion_period, float quorum,
> unsigned short voting_period );
and
> SVP( addition_of_TU, 5, 0.66, 7 );

We probably shouldn't look at TU procedure so much like a computer
program. hah.

I would change the SVP lines to something like:

> Addition of a Trusted User:
>    5 Five days of discussion
>    7 Seven days of voting
>  66% Sixty-six percent Quorum

> This is today logic. And this time my eyes read until the end.

I'm glad you figured it out. :)