On 11/26/14, 12:37 PM, "Justin Mclean" <justinmcl...@me.com> wrote:
>Hi, > >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/Guidelines says the >>default is "consensus" > >It's not the default as such but more a safety net to what is used if the >type of vote isn't specified in the VOTE email or covered by any of the >other guidelines (ie very rarely). It's only been used one once that I >can recall on what everyone thought was a consensus vote anyway. (Sorry I >couldn't find the vote in question.) I certainly can't recall it causing >any contention or conflict. This message [1] from you appears to say that the default is consensus. That is supported by the wording in the guidelines [2] which currently reads: "If the voting approval type is not specified and is not covered by these guidelines it defaults to Consensus.” Bertrand has suggested that we change that back to the Apache default of majority. Erik is simply carrying out that suggestion. -Alex [1] http://s.apache.org/BPY [2] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/Guidelines
