How about "at least 3 +1's, and the number of +1's outnumbering -1's by a ratio of 3:1 (3/4ths)"
Scott > -----Original Message----- > From: robert burrell donkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 3:06 PM > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Update to Commons package approval guideline > > > > On Wednesday, January 9, 2002, at 10:26 PM, Martin Cooper wrote: > > > The current Commons guidelines require a positive > super-majority vote > > of active subproject committers before a new package is > accepted into > > Commons. Given the number of committers in Commons today, I believe > > that this is no longer tenable. > > > > Therefore I propose that we update item #17 of the guidelines to > > require majority approval, as defined in the Jakarta guidelines, > > before a package is accepted into Commons. The replacement text for > > item #17 would be as > > follows: > > > > ----- > > 17. New packages may be proposed to the Jakarta Commons > mailing list. > > To > > be > > accepted, a package proposal must receive majority approval of the > > subproject committers. Proposals are to identify the > rationale for the > > package, its scope, its interaction with other packages and > products, the > > Commons resources, if any, to be created, the initial > source from which > > the > > package is to be created, and the initial set of committers. > > 1. As stated in the Jakarta guidelines, an action requiring > > majority > > approval must receive at least 3 binding +1 votes and more > +1 votes than > > -1 > > votes. > > ----- > > +0 > > i'd prefer requiring 3/4 of the votes cast to override a veto > but i'm not > willing to veto the proposal since i think that it'll be an > improvement on > the current situation. > > i'd like to think that we'll be able to reach consensus most > times. i'd > also prefer some sort of extended time limit to receive votes > on a project > submission so that we can at least try to resolve issues > (which is what a > committer veto represents) before the project goes into the commons. > > - robert > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:commons-dev-> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For > additional commands, > e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
