While we have a resounding number of +1 votes so far, enough for the vote to pass, I do want to make sure that any -1 votes are heard. If anyone has any concerns about this, even if your vote is not binding, please let us know. If there's any way to take your feedback into consideration, we will do so.
Thanks! Paul Irwin On Fri, Sep 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM Ron Clabo <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 > ________________________________ > From: Paul Irwin <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 5, 2025 11:53 AM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [VOTE] Enable GitHub Discussions > > I would like to propose for approval that we enable GitHub Discussions > <https://docs.github.com/en/discussions> on our Lucene.NET > <https://github.com/apache/lucenenet/> repo. This email starts a 72-hour > approval vote for PMC members. > > You can see a PR of how we do this via the .asf.yaml file here: > https://github.com/apache/lucenenet/pull/1174 > > This GitHub feature will help encourage community discussions about our > project, and hopefully improve community engagement. Today, the only way to > have these discussions is either via GitHub issues (which should be > reserved for feature/bug tracking), emailing this or the user@ mailing > list, or via our Slack (which requires an Apache account or invitation to > join). This will give people a way to ask questions or otherwise discuss > things about the project outside of these channels, in a less > formal setting than the mailing lists. > > If the vote passes, I will merge the linked PR above which should > automatically enable the feature without having to submit an Apache Infra > ticket. Please share your thoughts on this when voting! You're also welcome > to review or comment on the PR, but reviews of it will not be considered a > binding vote. > > Only votes from the PMC are binding, but everyone is welcome to vote. > Please reply with your +1 or -1 vote, with or without any comments. > The vote passes if at least three binding +1 votes are cast. > > Paul Irwin > Lucene.NET PMC Member > Apache Software Foundation Member >
