Jim Jagielski wrote:
One reason for the 72hour rule is to ensure that no PMC
member feels disenfranchised. ...
PMCs are *inclusive*. The processes and procedures are
designed to maintain that inclusivity.
This is not 100% incompatible with 12-hour votes.
Our current rules assume that the PMC as a group is not immediately
responsive, so they make provisions for the process to be inclusive. But
a vote can (quite obviously, I'd say, even if I'm not quite experienced)
be considered closed as soon as all PMC members have voted, and this can
happen earlier than the 72 hours have elapsed.
Sure, this is virtually impossible in the project I'm chairing, where
I've never seen a vote with 100% participation from the PMC. But other
projects are different. If a PMC is really determined to have shorter
voting windows, they will be equally determined to vote as soon as
possible and thus shrink the voting window, by closing the vote as soon
as everybody has voted. If they can make it in 12 hours, this will be an
inclusive 12-hour voting window.
Regards,
Andrea.
