FWIW the only reference I see for an emergency (security) patch vote
is here: https://httpd.apache.org/dev/voting.html#emergency for the
HTTP Server project.
However, that document is deemed obsolete. I believe it has been
superseded by the Security patch release process.
On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 11:41 PM Shazron <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> To be honest I didn't expect the vote to end so fast especially with
> the notice "Voting will go on for a minimum of 48 hours." in the vote
> thread itself.
> If this was expressed as a duration of 24 hours and expressed as an
> emergency (I know it was implied, but for some rules are rules), I
> think we would have been fine with that -- but the vote did say 48
> hours.On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 11:35 PM Shazron <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Jesse sums up what I would have said. We all agreed on the 48 hours
> > (somewhere way back), especially with our project with 60+ repos where
> > we were changing rapidly (not so much now of course), and 72 hours was
> > too late for a release.
> >
> > 48 seems to be a good midpoint for the rule to include people from all
> > geographic timezones. 72 hours would have been OK if we only had to do
> > one release, like the http server project (that was the genesis of the
> > foundation itself..)
> > On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 11:21 PM Jesse <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > These are guidelines. We make our own rules. The important part is that 
> > > we make sure we are inclusive of people all around the planet.
> > >
> > > A hotfix is a different situation, we need to get it out fast and since 
> > > it is not a significant change, a quick window should be fine.
> > >
> > > >  [1] ... Votes should generally be permitted to run for at least 72 
> > > > hours to provide an opportunity for all concerned persons to 
> > > > participate regardless of their geographic locations. ...
> > >
> > > ‘Generally’!
> > > We shortened this for releases at some point, there is probably a vote 
> > > thread back there somewhere.
> > >
> > > Note that 72 hours still applies to votes nominating new pmc/committers.
> > >
> > > Going deeper, I see a trend where we question process and rules. I find 
> > > this to be a distraction from the actual work. I am of the mind that we 
> > > are all trustworthy, able to constructively and openly discuss things and 
> > > this formality can be a barrier to moving forwards. Maybe newer 
> > > committers need clearer guidelines and I have just been around too long 
> > > to be objective, that is a possibility too.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >   Jesse
> > >
> > > [1] 
> > > https://www.apache.org/foundation/votinhttps://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html#ReleaseVotesg.html#ReleaseVotes
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Sep 28, 2018, at 1:56 AM, julio cesar sanchez 
> > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > This is being discussed in slack and github
> > > > <https://github.com/apache/cordova-coho/issues/202>, but I think it 
> > > > belongs
> > > > to the mail list.
> > > >
> > > > There is a discrepancy in the duration of the votes.
> > > >
> > > > Apache states that:
> > > > Release votes SHOULD remain open for at least 72 hours.
> > > >
> > > > But in coho vote templates we have:
> > > > Voting will go on for a minimum of 48 hours.
> > > >
> > > > Also both of them say "at least" or "a minimum", but not sure if 
> > > > sometimes
> > > > there can be exceptions to speed things up.

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