Agreed. We need broad language that represents the idea, not legalese that tries to capture all eventuallities.
I'll make some modifications to the wiki if nobody beats me to it. Before we get into too long a discussion, please remember this is pretty much obsolete with the new voting guidelines. EdB On Tuesday, December 9, 2014, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > Maybe I’m being too picky, but the vote proposal said: "I suggest that at > any point in the release process a vote should be carried over if the > person voting indicates they wish the vote should carry over.” > > The current wiki version says: "The release manager can carry over of > votes from previous release candidates to the new release candidate if > changes between release candidates contain no code changes or changes to > legally significant documents.” > > I would suggest either removing that section entirely and hoping we always > have enough folks willing to re-check, or re-wording to: “If a PMC member > voted on a release candidate, and the release manager creates a new one, > the PMC member can state that they want their vote to be carried over”. > > And I would suggest moving that point below the one that says that you > don’t have to re-check everything (since re-checking changes is preferred). > > I wouldn't put any qualifications on what changes do or don’t qualify for > carryover. I trust each PMC member to be a good judge of when a carryover > is proper, and we can avoid later arguments on what constitutes a code > change. > > -Alex > > On 12/8/14, 2:18 PM, "Harbs" <harbs.li...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > >I don’t see my last two emails in the archives. Sorry if this is going > >out more than once… > > > >Here is a link to the modified wiki.[1] I think the changes are pretty > >minor… I removed mention of carried votes from the voting timeframe > >section, and clarified the wording in the “Product Release” section. > > > >Harbs > > > >[1]https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/Guidelines > > > > -- Ix Multimedia Software Jan Luykenstraat 27 3521 VB Utrecht T. 06-51952295 I. www.ixsoftware.nl
