These are guidelines. We make our own rules. The important part is that we make 
sure we are inclusive of people all around the planet. 

A hotfix is a different situation, we need to get it out fast and since it is 
not a significant change, a quick window should be fine. 

>  [1] ... Votes should generally be permitted to run for at least 72 hours to 
> provide an opportunity for all concerned persons to participate regardless of 
> their geographic locations. ...

‘Generally’! 
We shortened this for releases at some point, there is probably a vote thread 
back there somewhere. 

Note that 72 hours still applies to votes nominating new pmc/committers. 

Going deeper, I see a trend where we question process and rules. I find this to 
be a distraction from the actual work. I am of the mind that we are all 
trustworthy, able to constructively and openly discuss things and this 
formality can be a barrier to moving forwards. Maybe newer committers need 
clearer guidelines and I have just been around too long to be objective, that 
is a possibility too. 

Cheers,
  Jesse

[1] 
https://www.apache.org/foundation/votinhttps://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html#ReleaseVotesg.html#ReleaseVotes


> On Sep 28, 2018, at 1:56 AM, julio cesar sanchez <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> This is being discussed in slack and github
> <https://github.com/apache/cordova-coho/issues/202>, but I think it belongs
> to the mail list.
> 
> There is a discrepancy in the duration of the votes.
> 
> Apache states that:
> Release votes SHOULD remain open for at least 72 hours.
> 
> But in coho vote templates we have:
> Voting will go on for a minimum of 48 hours.
> 
> Also both of them say "at least" or "a minimum", but not sure if sometimes
> there can be exceptions to speed things up.

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