On 11/26/2014 04:24 PM, Alex Harui wrote:
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.
My concern here, as a non-PMC observer, is that the community tear
itself apart about something which, to an outsider, seems less than
critical. Requiring that everyone agree on something where, clearly
everyone does *not* agree, seems like a great way to effectively
deadlock the progress of a project.
One would certainly hope that issues could be settled without coming to
a vote. That is always the ideal. But when they clearly cannot, a
majority vote ensures that at least most of the people are mostly happy.
What the rest of the unhappy people do in this circumstance is a measure
of community health, almost as much as the issue coming to a vote in the
first place is.
FWIW, I've been trying to find a reference to the httpd vote about US vs
European spelling, and haven't been able to find it. So either my memory
of it is faulty, or I've been looking in the wrong years. I should ask
around some more.
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