2015-08-28 15:38 GMT+02:00 toki <toki.kant...@gmail.com>: > On 26/08/15 00:56, Tony Stevenson wrote: > > >> I don't want to have my communications to now be taken with > >> more authority than they would were I not the Chair. > > > > For anyone who knows how the ASF works they will know that this is not > > even possible. As you are no more senior, and therefore carry no more > > authority. > > The key phrase is "anybody who knows how the ASF works". > > Most people don't, which is part of the reason why the template for > incubation as an Apache Project included "an excessive fascination with > the Apache Way". > > What Dennis is doing, is making explicit _The Apache Way_, and hoping > that journalists, etc will read that post, before they make their > incorrect assumptions. >
I couldn't have said that better myself. I wish to thank Dennis for having made clear a basic but yet very important thing from his first day. Roberto > > jonathon > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >