Makes sense to me. I have no problems with "the Apache Way" in this case. Especially since it opens up more flexible means of collaborating that don't exclude/alienate anyone on the dev team. We just have to be diligent about scribing those notes back here.
-Mike On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Jukka Zitting <jukka.zitt...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Mike Reinstein > <reinstein.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So is it common practice/OK to have a scribe keep meeting points and > bring > > them back to a mailing list thread? > > Yes, that's fine. Some Apache projects do that, others rely only on > the mailing list. > > The important point to remember here is that a consensus reached on an > off-list discussion only covers the participants of that discussion, > not the entire community. That's why it's important to bring all > decisions and other important matters back to the list where everyone > has a chance to raise objections or suggest alternatives. > > PS. The reason why such rules are Apache policies is long experience > of community problems caused if not everyone has a chance to > participate in important discussions. Sometimes it may sound like some > of such policies exist just to make life harder, but there's always a > good reason behind them. It's also fine to question a policy and even > suggest that it be changed if you don't see or understand the > rationale behind it (perhaps the original concern no longer applies). > That's the way the ASF evolves and adapts to the ever-changing > environment. > > BR, > > Jukka Zitting >
