On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 11:42 AM, Aaron Mulder wrote:
Perhaps the documentation should be updated:
"However, the basic rule is that committers have binding votes, and all
others are either discouraged from voting (to keep the noise down) or else
have their votes considered of an indicative or advisory nature only."
http://incubator.apache.org/drafts/voting.html
It does provide alternatives, but most non-committers probably don't want to be considered "noise to keep down", and it certainly doesn't give the same impression as the message below.
Consider that this project is new, and many of the main people who have the most understanding of what is being voted on aren't yet committers. For now, it makes sense to encourage everyone to vote if they have an opinion on anything (not just for votes, if you have an opinion on anything, technical. procedural, etc, speak up! We value your opinion.)
Once we get to a steady state where all of the contributors are also committers, then that rule (really just a guideline) above will start to make more sense.
-aaron
