> On Oct 31, 2024, at 10:04 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@apache.org> > wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 1:57 PM Rich Bowen <notificati...@github.com> > wrote (on a GitHub page): >> >> I think possibly one of the points of confusion here is the use of the word >> "consensus", >> which has been a point of confusion for years, since that word has several >> substantially different uses.... > > We do have an ASF glossary at > https://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary, which we might improve and > which we should IMHO point to more often. > > Or maybe create an additional glossary on the comdev website, and link > both pages for completeness.
Thank you. I tend to forget that that’s there. While the definition of “consensus” there is at odds with how I understand the word, it does seem reasonable for me to agree to use that definition. I am willing to accept that my *opinion* is different from the *consensus* of the community as to the meaning of the word, and I’ll use it accordingly. I do continue to think that if a PMC votes unanimously-minus-one for a particular candidate, that’s a pretty good indicator that there’s dysfunction in that PMC. Ironically, if I now attempt to override that position, I would be exhibiting the very behavior that I am condemning. — Rich Bowen rbo...@rcbowen.com
