I would even go further and say that if it's not a vote, a +1 or "I agree" by themselves don't really add to the conversation. In general, no response means either "I agree" or "I don't care enough to respond, so do what you want". If a proposal or discussion item is put forward, it's normally safe to assume that unless someone speaks up, people are ok with it. So at a minimum for non-vote items, I would prefer "I agree because...", or "I disagree because...".
On 01/26/2011 05:44 AM, Lukas Theussl wrote: > > This may seem like a peanut issue compared to other things we have to > discuss these days, but since so many things are coming up, I thought I > toss it in and maybe it will get overlooked... > > It bugs me that every time I see a +1 in a normal conversation I find > myself crawling back up the mail thread to check if I missed a vote call > somewhere. I suspect it is common usus in apache land or maybe just an > established habit, but I think it's a bad habit and potentially > confusing as it's often not clear what the +1 refers to. > > > Isn't it reasonable to expect that people use proper language like a > simple 'Yes' or 'I agree' if they just want to express their support for > a point or statement, and to reserve numerical expressions for formal > vote threads? > > thanks, > -Lukas > > (*sigh*, glad I got that off my chest...) > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
