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by johncowan 3691 days ago
Some 66% of those who voted on R6RS voted "yes" (including me). Some 88% of those who voted on R7RS voted "yes" (including me).
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Yup, and neither of those is a full consensus. Iirc, the only person holding out on the record proposal for R5RS was Kent Dybvig, and that was enough to block it. Prior to R6RS, the RnRS was only ratified on full consensus, not almost consensus.

Note that I'm not opposed to the new "80%+ vote in favor" system (I think it's a very good thing), I'm just pointing out the history.