Hi folks, I've deployed a first draft of HttpComponents Bylaws: http://hc.apache.org/bylaws.html
I started with the Jakarta Bylaws [1], but merged in some stuff from the Jakarta Decisions [2] page. Jakarta Bylaws ask for 75% majority decisions by the PMC. I've changed that to require consensus decisions (100%) by default and only allowing majority decisions for special cases. Since we don't have 120 PMC members like Jakarta, the project should remain manageable. One of my goals for the Bylaws is not fully achieved: There is no fixed rule which decisions require consensus or majority, just a rule of thumb. Unless somebody can make additional suggestions, we'll just have to figure that out as we go along. Same thing for PMC vs. Community decisions, though that should be easier. I hope I haven't been overdesigning. I considered to add a section about review-then-commit vs. commit-then-review, but then felt that this should better be addressed in a separate document about the development process. If we need to formalize it at all. Please let me know what you think. cheers, Roland [1] http://jakarta.apache.org/site/management.html [2] http://jakarta.apache.org/site/decisions.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
