-1.  Kung-fu is overkill; straightfoward gymnastics are sufficient and
less brand-specific.  Also, New Orleans special sauce is a more
established standard.

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> There is a good description of "Lazy Consensus" on the Apache
> community web site [1]
>
> But even if you understand that page, you might have questions about
> how to actually do it.  It is not very difficult.   I've written up a
> short example template of what it looks like.  The use of this
> template is not required.  You can express the same things in your own
> words, as you wish.  But it is good form to ensure that your proposal
> includes:
>
> 1) A [PROPOSAL] tag in the subject line of a new thread, so list
> readers know to pay special attention to your thread.  You should not
> bury a proposal 15 posts down in an existing thread.
>
> 2) A description of what *you* are proposing to do.  A proposal for
> what other people should do is just a wish.
>
> 3) A statement that you will invoke Lazy Consensus if no objections
> are expressed within some time period, at least 72-hours.  A longer
> time period might be appropriate for proposals made near major
> holidays, for example.
>
> [1]:  http://community.apache.org/committers/lazyConsensus.html
>
> ========================
>
> Subject: [PROPOSAL] Optimized sleep() statements
>
> I propose to rewrite all sleep() statements in AOOo to improve
> performance,  adding my special sauce and kung-fu taught to me on the
> streets of Boston by Sister Mary Elizabeth, and optimize the hell out
> of it with a recursive C++ function template I saw in Dr. Dobbs in
> 1993, and then to commit it to the trunk.
>
> If there are no objections to the above proposal within 72-hours  then
> I will invoke Lazy Consensus and proceed to implement the above
> proposal.
>
> ========================
>

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