Hi, > I resent your threat to block this vote by vetoing the commit of a utility > script.
It is in no way a "threat" as you put it. With my PMC hat on I have concerns about this approach and also how it was introduced without review or discussion or vote. As per our guidelines any PMC member or committer can veto a checkin if they have a good reason. Anything that changes or effects how people vote on a release needs to be looked at very carefully and discussed not just blindly accepted. As PMC members it is our responsibility to look out for anything like this. Yes I would rather spend my time writing code/fixing bugs but as a PMC member there other responsibilities I also need to consider. As I have clearly stated I have no issue is the script, it is a useful tool. The danger is that it is used for the sole reason for voting +1 on releases and that IMO doesn't provide enough PMC oversight. While there a minimal set of things requited to vote +1 on a release there are a lot of other items that make a release a good one. Justin
