Sim IJskes - QCG wrote:
On 11-02-11 13:34, Benson Margulies wrote:
Holding a formal vote as a way of discovering (e.g. spelunking,
humorously) whether a consensus exists is fine. My point, such as it
was, is that once you have a supply of -1 votes, you're really done.
It doesn't matter exactly how much time has passed, or whether you put
RESULTS in a subject line, or any of those things. You've learned that
there is no consensus for the proposal.
I guess you misunderstood my concern to do it right, fair and equal for
me pushing through a point. I agree it was rather mechanical, but hey,
it served a purpose. I'm happy with the results. Indeed very happy. I've
strong feeling whe have really accomplished something. And somehow i
think it is impolite to ignore a vote once it is cast, and that was
probably the main driver for the tally of vetos. And really i could not
think of another way to determine the consensus.
Maybe I attached my question to the wrong article. It is clear that
there is considerable opposition to dropping Java 5 support at this
time. The real question is whether we had allowed long enough for anyone
who objected to dropping 1.4 to say so. I think we have.
Patricia
