martinc 02/01/13 11:53:43
Modified: xdocs charter.xml
docs charter.html
Log:
Updated Commons guidelines to require majority approval for new package
proposals to be accepted.
Revision Changes Path
1.5 +5 -5 jakarta-commons/xdocs/charter.xml
Index: charter.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-commons/xdocs/charter.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- charter.xml 11 Dec 2001 08:12:04 -0000 1.4
+++ charter.xml 13 Jan 2002 19:53:43 -0000 1.5
@@ -232,11 +232,11 @@
<li>Volunteers become committers to this subproject in the same way they are
entered to any Jakarta subproject. Being a committer in another Jakarta subproject is
not a prerequisite.</li>
<li>Each committer has karma to all the packages, but committers are required to
add their name to a package's status file before their first commit to that
package.</li>
<li>The committers shall elect a committee of three committers to provide general
oversight, in the style of the Jakarta PMC.</li>
- <li>New packages may be proposed to the Jakarta Commons mailing list. To be
accepted, a package proposal must receive a positive super-majority vote 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.
- <ol>
- <li>The whole number of positive votes needed for a super majority is
calculated by dividing the total number of active subproject committers by four,
multiplying by three, and rounding to the nearest whole number (>= .5 rounds
up).</li>
- </ol>
+ <li>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.
+ <ul>
+ <li>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.</li>
+ </ul>
</li>
<li>It is expected that the scope of packages may sometimes overlap.</li>
<li>Anyone may propose a new package to the Commons, and list themselves as the
initial committers for the package. The vote on the proposal is then also a vote to
enter new committers to the subproject as needed.</li>
1.21 +6 -6 jakarta-commons/docs/charter.html
Index: charter.html
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-commons/docs/charter.html,v
retrieving revision 1.20
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -u -r1.20 -r1.21
--- charter.html 11 Dec 2001 08:12:32 -0000 1.20
+++ charter.html 13 Jan 2002 19:53:43 -0000 1.21
@@ -327,11 +327,11 @@
<li>Volunteers become committers to this subproject in the same way they are
entered to any Jakarta subproject. Being a committer in another Jakarta subproject is
not a prerequisite.</li>
<li>Each committer has karma to all the packages, but committers are required to
add their name to a package's status file before their first commit to that
package.</li>
<li>The committers shall elect a committee of three committers to provide general
oversight, in the style of the Jakarta PMC.</li>
- <li>New packages may be proposed to the Jakarta Commons mailing list. To be
accepted, a package proposal must receive a positive super-majority vote 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.
- <ol>
- <li>The whole number of positive votes needed for a super majority is
calculated by dividing the total number of active subproject committers by four,
multiplying by three, and rounding to the nearest whole number (>= .5 rounds
up).</li>
- </ol>
+ <li>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.
+ <ul>
+ <li>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.</li>
+ </ul>
</li>
<li>It is expected that the scope of packages may sometimes overlap.</li>
<li>Anyone may propose a new package to the Commons, and list themselves as the
initial committers for the package. The vote on the proposal is then also a vote to
enter new committers to the subproject as needed.</li>
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2">
<div align="center"><font color="#525D76" size="-1"><em>
- Copyright © 1999-2001, Apache Software Foundation
+ Copyright © 1999-2002, Apache Software Foundation
</em></font></div>
</td></tr>
</table>
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