On 10 May 2013 20:39, Randall Leeds <[email protected]> wrote:

> So I'd prefer to see [DISCUSS] and [URGENT] used and just be mindful
> that discussion suggests ample allotment of time for discussion. I
> don't believe we need a specific tag for lazy consensus because I
> agree with you that it's the default operating mode.


Randall,

My only issue here is that I think "URGENT" misses the mark also.

There are several community / project-level things that one might want to
do where all you really ought to do is notify dev@ that you're about to do
it. Some examples I can think of:

* Big changes to the website
* Big changes to the wiki
* Changes in stuff like release procedure
* Archiving releases
* Planning marketing activity
* Getting approval for small events
* Getting branding approval

There are plenty more.

So, I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm more than happy only using
"DISCUSS" to mean "here's an open ended discussion", but I want a tag that
means "here's something I'm about to do".

I agree that we don't need a specific tag for lazy consensus, simply
because lazy consensus is the default. But if "DISCUSS" is causing some
people to think "oh well, I'll read that next week when I have time" then
it would be handy to be able to explicitly tag a thread with "this is
something that is about to happen, so speak up now". And I don't think
"URGENT" is the right tag. Because archiving a release isn't urgent. But I
 _will_ be moving ahead if I don't hear any objections about it. Do you see
what I mean?

On 10 May 2013 20:45, Benoit Chesneau <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm not sure what yo mean by-laws here. But I will draft a set of
> rules I have in  mind. Not until next week anyway since I am working
> on some other topics right now.
>
> - benoit
>

Starting points:

http://hadoop.apache.org/bylaws.html
http://hc.apache.org/bylaws.html
http://struts.apache.org/release/1.2.x/bylaws.html

-- 
NS

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