OK, thanks, I agree it does require consensus approval. I am glad my
parents didn't try to make me a lawyer.
I didn't see anyone complain about Kathey's comment so I thought it was
an acceptable change. But it's not surprising that it wasn't: for some
reason almost every intuition I have had about this process has been wrong.
I'm not sure what you mean that it "concerns you" -- this seems to imply
to me that you are worried about something in the future. Can you explain?
Thanks,
David
Daniel John Debrunner wrote:
David W. Van Couvering wrote:
I am still learning, so forgive me if I missed something, but I
carefully read the guidelines of our project:
One could also claim that this paragraph applies to these principles:
http://db.apache.org/source.html
<quote>
Doubtful changes, new features, and large scale overhauls need to be
discussed before committing them into the repository. Any change that
affects the semantics of an existing API function, the size of the
program, configuration data formats, or other major areas must receive
consensus approval before being committed.
</quote>
Which would then require three binding votes ...
My issue with the currrent principles is that there was lots of good
discussion which lead to the good, generally agreed upon, summary on the
wiki. Then a single comment from a single individual leads to principles
that don't match the summary in the wiki. I believe the principles
should have been in-line with the wiki, since it was based upon
discussion, then Kathey could have vetoed with a reason if required. The
abrupt change really concerns me.
Dan.
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