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Arthus Erea wrote:
> My only objection is the use of the word vote in a case which was  
> definitely not a vote.
> 
> On Nov 23, 2008, at 2:25 PM, Scott Merrill wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Caius Durling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
>> wrote:
>>> Just seen a commit with the following message:
>>>
>>> Re-applying button styles. In this instance Heilemann has been out- 
>>> voted by
>>> a number of people (PMC and non-PMC) on IRC.
>>>
>>> IRC is NOT a binding vote and thus that shouldn't have been committed
>>> without voting on -dev first.
>> IRC is not valid for votes, but it's perfectly valid for arriving at a
>> rough consensus for code-in-progress.  We're still in "commit, then
>> review" mode.
>>
>> To help the review process, please be sure to include meaningful
>> commit messages.  "Refining the new admin buttons." does not provide
>> nearly enough information to help someone understand how that
>> refinement was achieved.
>>
>> You don't need to post a long-winded explanation to -dev justifying
>> your commit (either before or after) if you can provide salient
>> details in the commit message itself.  This will allow folks to read a
>> quick summary of the intent of your commit, and understand how it
>> might have been reached.  They can then prepare questions for the
>> review part of our process.
>>
>> Simply reverting a commit is not an acceptable review.
>>

I strongly suspect the phrase "out-voted" was not intended to imply that
a binding yea/nay vote was taken. It was merely a shorthanded way of
saying that a discussion was had and a consensus was reached.
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