Hi Pedro, > On Oct 18, 2017, at 1:35 PM, Pedro Lino <pedro.l...@mailbox.org> wrote: > > Hi Dave, all > >> (1) PMC members have a higher bar for their vote. I did not vote at all >> because I did not build from source etc. > > I agree that it is good that some users replicate the building procedure and > confirm that it works. > Replicability is a good measure of transparency and quality. > In any case I couldn't find that particular requirement for a PMC member in > the voting page (https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html). Maybe that > is being too strict? > >> (2) Would you name projects where you have felt discouraged? Have you felt >> discouraged here in past years? > > This is the only Apache project I collaborate with (I have been collaborating > with several other FOSS projects for a long time). Actually just reading the > ASF rules discouraged me to become a committer (I was invited in the past) > and still does. > >> We know everyone helping is needed. It was great to have a long standing >> member of the user community like Larry vote to alert us to a problem with >> macOS! > > Agreed. That is why the "*and all others are either discouraged from voting > (to keep the noise down)*" is particularly unnecessary (if not offensive).
I just read the page and I agree it is discouraging. I am going to discuss with Community Development about changing the wording. (If that is the correct place.) Regards, Dave > > Regards, > Pedro > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >
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