On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > > Om and I both disagree with that conclusion. > > Again votes are only valid for the RC they are for, being the RM or not > has nothing to do with it. > > We added provision for vote carry over into our guidelines for minor non > code changes to making voting a little easier, but that doesn't mean you > can add up all votes on all the RCs to get the required 3 +1 votes needed > for a later RC if you feel like it. The PMC is required the follow Apache > release policy [1]. > > That's not what our project's guidelines say: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/Guidelines Voting timeframes > Voting is open for 72 hours unless otherwise specified. When voting on > release candidates the release manager at their discretion can carry over > votes from the previous release candidate if there are minimal changes > between release candidates. This should be indicated in the new release > candidate vote. > If 72 hours pass and there's not enough votes for a resolution voting > continues until cancelled or until there are enough votes for a resolution. Please carry over the votes and release this RC. Thanks, Om