I had to read the 'oversight' line twice to catch it's meaning. I have suggested an alternative, please take a look.
EdB On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 7:58 AM, Harbs <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > Done. I added a sentence defining “carrying” as “oversight”. > > On Dec 9, 2014, at 2:18 AM, 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> 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
