The proposed change now looks like this: old: http://subversion.apache.org/docs/community-guide/releasing.html#release-stabilization-how-many-votes
new: http://subversion-staging.apache.org/docs/community-guide/releasing.html#release-stabilization-how-many-votes [[[ -<p>A change is approved if it receives three +1s and no vetoes. (Only -binding votes count; see above.)</p> +<p>For a non-LTS ("regular") release line, a change is approved if it +receives one binding +1 vote and no vetoes.</p> -<p>Notwithstanding the above, a change that affects only areas that are not +<p>For an LTS release line, a change that affects core code or the build +system is approved if it receives three binding +1s and no vetoes. +A change that affects only areas that are not core code (for example, tools/, packages/, bindings/, test scripts, etc.), and that does <em>not</em> affect the build system, can go in with a +1 from a full committer or a ]]] committed: http://svn.apache.org/r1866313 - Julian