On Apr 23, 2012 3:20 PM, "Greg Stein" <gst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Apr 23, 2012 2:21 PM, "Marvin Humphrey" <mar...@rectangular.com> wrote: > >... > > > > > In theory, the fuzzy end-time could be abused on a contentious VOTE by say, > > coordinating a block of votes and having the RM terminate the VOTE immediately > > after those votes come in. So perhaps VOTEs which are expected to be > > contentious should have a fixed end-time. > > Since a release cannot be vetoed... sure, the RM could stop the vote. But the goal is to get signatures, too, so there is no strong benefit to stopping early.
To rephrase: there is no such thing as a "contentious release vote". Cheers -g