I don’t think so. Looking at the most voted option tells you what the majority thinks. The voting system is designed to promote a most agreeable resolution not simply the majority’s choice, but knowing what the majority wants is still interesting.
Totally agree.
> Looking at the most voted option tells you what the majority thinks.
My point is that the options are designed specifically for this type of voting system.
Here it is possible that anti-systemd votes are spread across many options and pro systemd votes are concentrated in only one or two. So even if you have most votes on "Focus on systemd" it doesn't mean that it is what most people want.
As I said in my above reply which you've ignored, that is not how the voting system works. It is not possible to split votes like that in Condorcet. Everyone who opposes systemd can vote for all of the non-systemd options and not diminish the chances of any of them.
The ballot allows you to place all the options you support, in any order you prefer. Let's say I really oppose systemd and want it to lose. I could have voted:
Option 6
Option 3
Option 5
Option 4
Option 7
Option 8 (FD)
This would show on the majority vote as a vote for all of {63547}, and a vote against {12}. Vote splitting is not possible, even in the majority vote section.
No it doesn't. (At least not with the definition of "most voted option" that was used by gioele.)
B would beat F in a one-to-one contest, so the majority thinks that "Systemd but we support exploring alternatives" is preferable to "Focus on systemd".
Why? On this case, all it means is that the "we would like to keep other stuff viable" is divided in 5 options.