The N word wasn't particularly helpful or constructive, sorry. I do think the policy page should be kept simple and generic though, so isn't the place to be describing this experiment.
...ant On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 3:39 PM, ant elder <ant.el...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well sorry but IMHO thats nonsense. The Maven decision was an isolated > incident and didn't change the way all future Incubator policy should > get decided. Insisting that this experiment is done via a change to > the main policy just makes it contentious when it doesn't need to be. > All the complexity in the language and approach, the three votes etc > is exactly why people get the idea that the ASF is a ridiculous place > with overbearing rules and process. Its just an experiment, use lazy > majority consensus and go try it with a podling. > > ...ant > > On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Marvin Humphrey <mar...@rectangular.com> > wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 12:18 AM, ant elder <ant.el...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm also opposed to updating the policy document, so will be voting > against > >> this just for that. Its just an experiment so you don't need to be > making a > >> permanent change to the policy page to try it, especially as its such a > >> clunky convoluted change. > > > > An explicit policy change is required because otherwise there would be > > ambiguity as to whether a release which passes under the modified regime > is an > > act of the Foundation and confers indemnity on the Release Manager. > > > > The language of the proposed change to the Policy page has been carefully > > composed. It is highly isolated from the rest of our policy and has no > force > > except on the the experiment. > > > > This proposal is structured as an incremental, reversible change. It is > > incremental because podlings must be opted in by vote of the IPMC to > > participate. It is reversible because once the experiment has run its > course > > the relevant section of the policy page can be removed with zero impact > > through lazy consensus. > > > >> (And responding to another related comment in the thread - since when > have > >> policy updates not required consensus?) > > > > The 2008 proposal to allow distribution through Maven was enacted after a > > contentious majority-rule vote passed 15 to 12. > > > > Marvin Humphrey > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > >
