Hi Bertrand, > So it's back to the discussion about vetoes being harmful.
I don’t understand why you keep coming back to this point. No one (besides Justin) ever suggested that releases could be vetoed. On Dec 5, 2014, at 8:50 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@apache.org> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: >> ...we decided to add a new “all caps” file called >> “CONTRIBUTING" to our release packages. In examining the package, I found >> the file was misspelled as “CONTRIBITING” and felt that because it was in >> the top-level listing it would be worth spelling that correctly.... > > This is a typical example of something that feels like a release > blocker to some people, while others couldn't care less and will want > to move forward. > > So it's back to the discussion about vetoes being harmful. If you > allow them, people who care about this can block a release, even if > the majority of the PMC doesn't want to delay a release for something > that they see as a minor issue. > > That's where the Apache best practices say the majority is right, at > the expense of disappointing the minority and for the benefit of > projects moving forward faster by trusting the majority. > > -Bertrand
