I've done a short trawl of the pages that relate to release voting. There are two pages that I think need updating - please read on.
The Httpd release description [1] says: "For the ASF to release the candidate tarball/archive, at least three project members must vote affirmatively for release, and there must be more positive than negative votes for the release." The glossary entry for Majority Approval [2] says: "Refers to a vote (sense 1) which has completed with at least three binding +1 votes and more +1 votes than -1 votes. ( I.e. , a simple majority with a minimum quorum of three positive votes.) " These agree with each other, and are both correct, as far as I am aware. OK so far? == Now the Apache Voting Process/Package Releases page [3] disagrees with [1], as it says: "Votes on whether a package is ready to be released follow a format similar to majority approval [2] -- except that the decision is officially determined solely by whether at least three +1 votes were registered" I hope we are all agreed that this is misleading/wrong, and in fact release votes are governed by Majority Approval as defined by the glossary [2] I propose to change this to: "Votes on whether a package is ready to be released use Majority Approval [2] -- i.e.at least three PMC members must vote affirmatively for release, and there must be more positive than negative votes for the release." [Note: capitalisation of "Majority Approval" is necessary to distinguish it from "simple majority approval", which does not have the +1 x 3 quorum requirement. It is also the section heading in [2].] OK? == The Release FAQ section on approving a release [4] says: "All releases must be voted[5] on by the project and must receive at least three +1 votes from PMC members." This is correct, but incomplete. In this case, I suggest the same as before, i.e. "Votes on whether a package is ready to be released use Majority Approval [2] -- i.e.at least three PMC members must vote affirmatively for release, and there must be more positive than negative votes for the release." OK? == [1] http://httpd.apache.org/dev/release.html - section Who can vote? [2] http://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary.html#MajorityApproval [3] http://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html#ReleaseVotes [4] http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html#approving-a-release [5] http://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
