On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:18:26 +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On 10/21/06, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:15:46 +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> >> > On 10/17/06, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 15:46:50 +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe >> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> >> >> >> > Hi, I'm very curious to know how many Debian Developers are >> >> > there today. Is there anyone keeping record? Sarge had about >> >> > 1,200 IIRC. >> >> >> >> Officially, the number stands at 1000 today. Look at >> >> http://vote.debian.org/ for votes, the current number over the >> >> years has been recorded for each vote as it was taken. > This reference to votes confused me, that DD's are counted by votes. >> > Is this the only easy automatic way to count them? It obviously >> > excludes those who chose not to vote. What about those who left >> > the project? >> >> Don't look at the nuimber of people who voted. Look instead to the >> quorum calculation, where the official number of DD's is used; >> which is 1000. > I thought you meant that 1000 is the number that ever voted. Might I > ask what a quorum calculation is? Firstly: look at the URL cited: http://vote.debian.org/, and go look at votes held recently. All of them have a Quorum calculation section, which has the informatiojn you want. Second, if you really want ot know the details of the quorum calculation process, you need to read http://www.debian.org/devel/constitution manoj -- "The Computer made me do it." Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
