I think the vote regarding the Avalon PMC proposal was carried out in accordance with the jakarta project guidelines and can be marked as valid under those guidelines. I think that the requirement for consensus approval (3 binding +1 votes and no binding -1 votes) has been satisfied, as has been the requirement for majority approval (3 binding +1 votes and more +1 votes than -1 votes), as has been the requirement for lazy approval (no -1 votes).
Thus, I can only come to the conclusion that the proposal has been approved. It could be seen as worrying that a high percentage of active committer chose not to vote. There can be many reasons why an active committer chooses not to vote on a proposal; I think for anyone to make assumptions about those reasons is a bad idea, especially since it is apparent different people make different assumptions. For example, my explanation would again be different from those already given: either a non-voting committer was unable to vote (because he/she was underway to ApacheCon, for example), deliberately chose not to vote (for example, I can imagine a long-time emeritus, choosing not to participate at all), was happy with the direction the vote was going in (consensus approval), or did not want to commit to helping out make the changes (as voting +1 also means volunteering to help make the changes). Add up all the different reasons already given at this point and it seems to become impossible to make any kind of general statement about the reasons for the large ratio of non-voting committers. I would suggest we do away with further discussion on this proposal and simply accept the outcome. best regards, - Leo Simons -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
