So, forgive me if I'm way off or out of place, and please correct me if I'm wrong, but in speaking to some Apache Members earlier this year, I was told that -1's should be rare events which indicate that, as a result of discussion, concensus/compromise is impossible, hence it's status as a Veto*.
It's pretty common on this list (I'm not pointing a finger at anyone in particular) that the first contribution someone makes to a thread contains a -1. I don't think that's healthy because it tends to stop discussion in its tracks when further discussion might (might!) result in a good compromise. I know (from experience) that when there's a +1 on the table and you don't agree it's easy jump in with a -1 to try and stop it, but my experience recently (where I've been trying to not do that) is that further discussion without an explicit -1 normally works just as well. Perhaps we can and should get a little less trigger happy with the -1? Cheers, David * Note it's only actually a veto if accompanied by a *technical* justification [1] [1] http://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html#Veto -- David Illsley - IBM Web Services Development --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
