I'm thinking it would be a product change, and subject to consensus approval.
"An action requiring consensus approval must receive at least 3 binding +1 votes and no binding vetos." http://jakarta.apache.org/site/decisions.html Cleaning up the new language we discussed last spring, and getting it up is still on my list, really it is :) http://jakarta.apache.org/site/proposal.html Just need to conform it to changes made in the interim, and strike the strike-out on a new copy, so it's easier to read. -Ted. Scott Sanders wrote: > > +1 > > It is definetly better than what is there now. What is the rule for > getting this accepted? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Martin Cooper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 2:26 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [PROPOSAL] Update to Commons package approval guideline > > > > > > 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. > > ----- > > > > +1 from me. :-) > > > > -- > > Martin Cooper > > > > > > > > -- > > 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]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
