On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Jeremy Boynes wrote: > We have to have some form of time limit or no decision is reached. > Normally it is 72 hours but I thought, given the nature, that allowing > an additional 48 was a reasonable thing to do.
Within the ASF we generally use voting not to deceide, but to gauge consensus. If a vote is very close - generally the issue is discussed a bit more until a clear majority or consensus emergers. (Though we are not as bad as an IETF 'Humm' (or Hum)). Dw
