[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#10914) bad vote logic

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=10914 >

Christian Knoke wrote:
> <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=10914 >
> 
> On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 09:49:31AM -0800, Jason Short wrote:
> 
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>>A vote with 3 players should require 2 "nays" to fail.
> 
> I'd say 1 yes, 1 no, and 1 abstinate gives a fail. It may happen that you
> don't see a vote request because you are too busy. It shouldn't be possible
> for a minority to change the rules.

There are three possible results: pass, fail, or none.

It takes 2 yes's to pass.

It takes 2 no's to fail.

Until one of the above is hit the vote continues.  However if the 
timeout period is hit (which, in pregame, won't happen) then the vote 
will fail if there are *any* no's - I think this is what you are talking 
about.

One question though is if 1 yes and 2 abstains should give a passing 
result if the timeout is hit.  It is easy enough (especially in a 
low-timeout game) to start a vote and simply have nobody notice it.

jason