On Fri, 2010-03-05 at 11:05 +0000, Gordon Sim wrote: > On 03/04/2010 07:52 PM, Andrew Stitcher wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 19:15 +0000, Robbie Gemmell wrote: > >> I didn't vote as I didn't (and still don't) think it could/should be > >> released without updating at least the ruby source file licence (as Gordon > >> already did a couple of days ago). As you note, it's been several weeks, > >> so I don't think that taking another few days at this point is of concern. > > > > You could at least vote against the release if you feel that way. Not > > voting seems like apathy. If your vote is matched with enough other > > people with a similar view then the release vote will fail. > > The point of the vote here is to ensure that there is consensus that the > release can proceed, and no one has any concerns.
Release votes are not about consensus, at least not in any unanimous sense - they are votes with specific rules: majority vote; at least 3 votes for; no vetoes. Andrew --------------------------------------------------------------------- Apache Qpid - AMQP Messaging Implementation Project: http://qpid.apache.org Use/Interact: mailto:dev-subscr...@qpid.apache.org
