Uma, Voting periods are defined in *minimum* terms, so it already covers what you'd like to see i.e. the vote can continue longer.
thanks, Arun > On Jun 21, 2014, at 2:19 AM, "Gangumalla, Uma" <uma.ganguma...@intel.com> > wrote: > > How about proposing vote for 5days and give chance to RM for extending vote > for 2more days( total to 7days) if the rc did not receive enough vote within > 5days? If a rc received enough votes in 5days, RM can close vote. > I can see an advantage of 7days voting is, that will cover all the week and > weekend days. So, if someone wants to test on weekend time(due to the weekday > schedules), that will give chance to them. > > Regards, > Uma > > -----Original Message----- > From: Arun C Murthy [mailto:a...@hortonworks.com] > Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2014 11:25 AM > To: hdfs-...@hadoop.apache.org; common-dev@hadoop.apache.org; > yarn-...@hadoop.apache.org; mapreduce-...@hadoop.apache.org > Subject: [DISCUSS] Change by-laws on release votes: 5 days instead of 7 > > Folks, > > I'd like to propose we change our by-laws to reduce our voting periods on new > releases from 7 days to 5. > > Currently, it just takes too long to turn around releases; particularly if we > have critical security fixes etc. > > Thoughts? > > thanks, > Arun > > > -- > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, > privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of > this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > printing, copying, dissemination, distribution, disclosure or forwarding of > this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete it > from your system. Thank You. -- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any printing, copying, dissemination, distribution, disclosure or forwarding of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete it from your system. Thank You.