* On 2002-02-06 at 16:15, Roy T. Fielding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> excited the electrons to say: > > Nobody can veto a release, period. It is therefore impossible for > anything to be a showstopper unless it is a pending veto of a commit > or the group makes a decision by majority of -1 on any release until > the problem is fixed. If the RM doesn't think that is the case, > then they should move the issue out of that category. If anyone else > has a problem with that, they are perfectly capable of calling for > a vote on not releasing the code until the issue is fixed.
Nor particularly streamlined, but all right. :-) > The only reason the showstopper category exists is because I needed > a place to keep track of problems that we all agreed to fixing before > I could cut a release. That is all. Now it is just being abused. Or evolving beyond your original needs and intentions. :-) 'It's a group thing.' -- #ken P-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Golux.Com/coar/ Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Server.Com/ "Millennium hand and shrimp!"