+1 for what Grant said. Voting is what we do to approve a release, or, if we must, what we do to resolve a dispute.
IMHO, this thread (like many MyFaces threads) has been a great example of the ASF way. Everyone voiced their opinion, the group reached a decision, and then someone actually did the work. (In truth, the only decisions are the ones we commit.) Someone still disagreed, and so called for a majority vote. That's fine, but, for the record, outside of Jakarta, most ASF teams avoid formal votes, unless it's to grade a release. The preferred path is to reach decisions the way there were reached on this thread -- through back-and-forth discussion. -Ted. On 6/29/05, Grant Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I may interject before this gets too ugly... > > Oliver, the ASF does not require a formal vote on a matter such as this. > The discussion in this thread clearly shows more people in favor of > removing jars from svn. This thread is in itself an informal vote. You > voiced your objections, and those objections I believe were taken into > consideration. > > Sean has been EXTREMELY helpful and energetic in the Myfaces project and > has demonstrated good judgment in the past. If removing the jars from > svn causes undue problems in the future we can always revert back to > including them. > > Lets get back to the business of improving Myfaces :-) > > Cheers, > Grant > > > Oliver Rossmueller wrote: > > >Sean, > > > >just a formal question: by which way did you get the power to end this > >discussion and to decide what has to happen? And in case there are > >divergent opinions on any topic in the future will it always be you who > >has the power to decide? > > > >You propose to follow the "formal and informal practices of the other > >projects" so please take yourself literally and do it the ASF way: start > >a formal vote on the topic. > > > >Oliver
