David Crossley wrote:
Ferdinand Soethe wrote:
David Crossley wrote:
DC> I am saying that decisions should be reached
DC> through consensus rather than competition.
DC> In this case, it would be better to evolve the
DC> Forrest description until it is suitable.
I can see what David is saying. Though it wouldn't hurt if more people
voiced an opinion and stated which text we should continue refining.
Or - like David - proposed another version to discuss.
Since we have a number of new developers arriving perhaps those new to
the Apache Way would like to read:
Consensus Gauging through Voting:
http://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html
Which states in the introduction:
There are essentially three types of vote:
1. Code modifications,
2. Package releases
3. Procedural
(note there is nothing there about decision making)
You may also be interested in this blog post and those linked from it:
http://blog.generationjava.com/roller/page/bayard/20050319#apache_meritocracy_consensus_and_despotism
http://www.anyware-tech.com/blogs/sylvain/archives/000172.html
and
http://www.jroller.com/page/rgardler/20050324#effective_decision_making_in_community
(which all say much the same thing but all come from slightly different
angles)
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I wounder if we should put some/all of these links into one of our mail
templates for inviting/accepting a new committer?
Ross
