+1 Sorry, couldn't resist.
-----Original Message----- From: Lukas Theussl [mailto:ltheu...@apache.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:37 AM To: Maven Developers List Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: '+1' vs 'I agree' No problem if it's clear in the context. As I said, it's not a big issue and I'm not going to tell anybody how to lead a conversation. That said, I believe it shows good form and education if you use normal language in a normal conversation. :) -Lukas Mark Struberg wrote: > -1 or: I do not agree ;) > > seriously, a +1 and -1 just states agreement/disagreement. Imo a vote is a > vote is a vote only if the subject says [VOTE] or [DISCUSS] [1]. > > A +1 in all other threads are just the expression of a ack/nack which makes > it easier/quicker to read, because the +1 or -1 just visually jumps out of > the text. If people start expressing their gut feeling with long sentences, > then this might slow down the process/overview on the mailing lists. > > > LieGrue, > strub > > > [1] http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/DocumentationPlan > > > --- On Wed, 1/26/11, Arnaud Héritier<arnaud.herit...@exoplatform.com> wrote: > >> From: Arnaud Héritier<arnaud.herit...@exoplatform.com> >> Subject: Re: '+1' vs 'I agree' >> To: "Maven Developers List"<dev@maven.apache.org> >> Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 12:03 PM >> I agree :-) >> >> Arnaud >> >> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Lukas Theussl<ltheu...@apache.org> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> This may seem like a peanut issue compared to other >> things we have to >>> discuss these days, but since so many things are >> coming up, I thought I toss >>> it in and maybe it will get overlooked... >>> >>> It bugs me that every time I see a +1 in a normal >> conversation I find >>> myself crawling back up the mail thread to check if I >> missed a vote call >>> somewhere. I suspect it is common usus in apache land >> or maybe just an >>> established habit, but I think it's a bad habit and >> potentially confusing as >>> it's often not clear what the +1 refers to. >>> >>> >>> Isn't it reasonable to expect that people use proper >> language like a simple >>> 'Yes' or 'I agree' if they just want to express their >> support for a point or >>> statement, and to reserve numerical expressions for >> formal vote threads? >>> >>> thanks, >>> -Lukas >>> >>> (*sigh*, glad I got that off my chest...) >>> >>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org >>> >>> >> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
