On 25/02/2009, at 12:45 AM, Noah Slater wrote:
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:29:08AM +1030, Antony Blakey wrote:
My suggestion arising from this is that voting a community vote where
everyone states their case and casts a vote is followed by a PMC
decision. It seems (to me) confusing to have this multi-class voting
system which conflates two separate processes.
The PMC decision would only need explanation if it were a veto of a
community vote.
No, this jars strongly with my understanding of the Apache Way.
Who is permitted to vote is, to some extent, a community-specific
thing.
However, the basic rule is that only PMC members have binding
votes, and all
others are either discouraged from voting (to keep the noise down)
or else
have their votes considered of an indicative or advisory nature only.
-- http://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html
I think we have followed this official document to the letter, and
in spirit.
You are suggesting that Apache voting should be done by the
community at large,
and then the PMC should decide in private which option to take. This
is not how
things are meant to work. We had one vote which was opened up to
everyone. We
have properly taken advice from the community, but would like to
have further
discussion before we accept or reject the change.
OK, that's clear.
Antony Blakey
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