On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Hyrum K Wright <[email protected]>wrote:
> For those unfamiliar, where are the guidelines for how this vote > progresses? Who is entitled to vote? How long will the vote be open? > What actions will be taken based upon the outcome? > The purpose of this vote is to provide a record of community sentiment about forking the Trac core codebase into an Apache-licensed Incubator project, as requested on the Apache Incubator list. Holding a vote gives the Apache community unambiguous binary statements so that they do not need to subjectively interpret our sentiments based on the opinions we've expressed. The only followup action I intend to take is to email the Apache Incubator list with a reference to this thread. Possibly "Straw Poll" would be a better label than "Vote." I don't know of any established procedures in the Trac community for holding such a vote. Since the only purpose of the vote is to provide unambiguous records to be communicated to another community, formal procedures seem artificial anyway. Anyone at all is welcome to vote. I don't see any need to "close" the vote either -- after all the only relevant timelines are in the Apache community. > This is a false dichotomy: there are many more options than "fork or > no fork". Limiting options in this context artificially limits the > discussion. > In the narrow context of this vote -- an Apache community member requesting that "you hold a vote on the appropriate Trac mailing list regarding approving or disapproving a fork" -- the broader range of options is not relevant. > The Bloodhound project has *always* been envisioned as being a > derivative of Trac, not a fork of it. Just because any new bits may > be added under the Apache License does not change this fact. > > One more thing: many projects use github, and there are even mirrors > on github for Trac and its dependencies. Do you require a similar > vote every time somebody presses the "fork" button on github? How is > this instance different? Again, these are not relevant to the narrow context of this vote. Let's please keep the broader discussion on the other, non-VOTE thread ( http://groups.google.com/group/trac-dev/browse_thread/thread/14268355c6e1d494) rather than bringing it here also. -Ethan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Trac Development" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/trac-dev?hl=en.
