[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCHv2] Document community process

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 07:22:48PM +0200, Jean-Baptiste Kempf wrote:
> Yo,
> 
> On Mon, 19 Oct 2020, at 19:02, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > > +## Voting
> > > +
> > 
> > > +Voting is done using a ranked voting system, currently running on https://vote.ffmpeg.org/ .
> > 
> > I think Voting should be defined more precissely
> 
> That's a good point. What would like to see here? The algo used? The software used?

I dont know what is best.

What is the goal having this information there serves ?
I think there are 3 or 4 levels/classes of information that could be provided
at highest level, listing the properties of the vote system

A.
(this is not intended to be an exhaustive list but rather list the points
 which actually change the real world behavior of the vote)
For example does it conform to to the condorcet criterion for single winner
elections
Or with multiwinner elections, is there some sort of proportionality, that is
can 51% of voters control all seats or can any 20% of voters generally 
control one of 5 seats.

B.
at the next lower level, the academic algorithm could be referenced, this 
would give enough information to reproduce most votes but ties and corner
cases might not be fully defined

C.
nipickingly precissely define the algorithm so that any list of ballots
produces a clear and reproducable result or failure, tie resolution rules, ...

D.
Refer to an actual implementation

Possible goals:
understanding on the readers side of the general vote algorithm behavior, not leaving it a black box.
reproducability
avoiding disputes
keeping the text simple
allowing changes if things turn out to go wrong in some way

thx

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