On 23 March 2015 at 09:20, Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Pierre Smits <pierre.sm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > ...if the ASF has as its principle that no vetoes are > > allowed, how can it be the remit of a project's PMC have it as its > policy?... > > Our PMCs have a lot of leeway and the board doesn't micromanage them. > > In our loosely-coupled communities vetoes can give too much power to > individuals, that's why https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html > is so restrictive about them. > Sadly enough, for procedural votes, that page leaves everything open, otherwise it is a good page. "Procedural Votes or Opinion Polls *TBS"* Rgds jan I. > I'd say broadly allowing vetoes works as long as people don't use > them, or just use them in a friendly and temporary way. But if people > are all friendly you don't really need rules anyway ;-) > > -Bertrand >
