It might help to ask what's stopping people from voting.

It would seem the correct approach is to only vote for an RC if you've been 
part of the QA process either formally by having overseen the build validation 
infrastructure or informally by having installed the RC and run some tests.

Perhaps this is too difficult.

DL

PS.  Tempted to flame?  See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham's_Law 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daan Hoogland [mailto:daan.hoogl...@gmail.com]
> Sent: 22 July 2014 10:15
> To: dev
> Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] *LET'S ABANDON 4.4*
> 
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl>
> wrote:
> > On 07/22/2014 08:28 AM, Daan Hoogland wrote:
> >>
> >> I had no vote's on the last release candidate. I move we abandon
> >> releasing 4.4 or stop releasing at all.
> >>
> >
> > So this is not a good thing. Honestly, yes, I didn't vote, I'm truly
> > sorry for that, but didn't I see other votes come along?
> This was not a personal attack on you or anybody. I must apologize for
> sending it.
> 
> ...
> > I saw a vote being abandoned due to a bad quorum, right?
> yes, that is the source for my sarcasm. I felt sorry as I sent it. the reason 
> of
> my frustration is a very bad sign though.
> 
> I have been thinking if this is a +1/0/-1 on my job as RM and I don't know. I 
> do
> know that I wouldn't have minded a -1 as much as not knowing.
> 
> I will not abandon this work just yet but I have to threaten you all that I 
> this is
> the way to make me contemplate so.
> 
> --
> Daan

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