On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name> wrote: > Phil Steitz wrote on Sat, Feb 05, 2011 at 22:32:24 -0500: >> On 2/5/11 4:16 PM, Scott O'Bryan wrote: >> > Bertrand, >> > >> > I agree. The good thing about a vibrant community is that they >> > generally enforce this. All I'm saying is this shouldn't be a "must" >> > requirement, rather it should be a shall and we can let the individual >> > communities work out what exceptions they allow. >> +1 - but so the whole community can follow what is going on, it is >> best to be open about what the "exceptions" can be and also to >> include end dates in posts that kick off VOTEs. >> >> Phil >> > On Feb 5, 2011, at 2:13 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@apache.org> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Scott O'Bryan <darkar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> ...I think it's important to keep things flexible because, as much as we >> >>> would like everything to fit the same rules, some communities need to >> >>> be a bit more dynamic and we need to trust the project PMC's and >> >>> members to do what's best for the project and community. >> >>> >> >>> 72 hours is a good suggestion, but it shouldn't be mandatory... >> >> A PMC that consistently uses voting periods shorter than 72 hours >> >> would disempower people who cannot check the project lists every day. >> >> >> >> So I think 72 hour must be the rule, though exceptions are ok as you >> >> mention. >> >> > > The rule ought to be that the vote is long enough to let everyone > interested vote before closing of polls.
How can you know when *everyone interested* has long enough? *Open Source* by its definition means you can't. Also say, for example, on a release vote that someone finds a critical issue, then it doesn't really matter how many people previously voted +1. Shortening the vote reduces the opportunity for that. 72hours should be the norm, and only a good reason (and the only one I can think of, or have seen is a security issue). Niall > But at Subversion we never had > long discussions about a holy Seventy Two Hours boundary... > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
