Alright, clarification accepted.

On Nov 23, 2008, at 2:49 PM, Sean T Evans wrote:

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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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