On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 10:42 PM, Evgeny Kotkov <[email protected]> wrote: > Daniel Shahaf <[email protected]> writes: > >> Ping? We seem to have consensus on lowering the bar, but not yet consensus >> on what to. It'd be nice to have finished this by the next release. > > Dropping my 2 cents, I think that lowering the requirement to 2+2 votes > (where the RM may also cast a vote, if needed) would be good and enough > to prevent unwanted stalls during the release process. > > Based on some of the previous releases (for example, 1.9.7, 1.8.19 or > 1.8.17), I think that usually we're just one vote short for one of the > platforms. Lowering the bar to 2+2 and allowing the RM to vote should > probably be enough to cover such situations while still maintaining a > decent test coverage and guarding against various mistakes in the > process.
+1. Let's lower the bar to 2+2 (with RM allowed to vote) like in Daniel's proposal. We can always lower it further like Mark suggested, if 2+2 still proves to be problematic or too close for comfort. -- Johan
