Acceptance Vote Duration? [WAS Re: [VOTE] Accept Heraldry into the Incubator]

2006-07-11 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 7/10/06, robert burrell donkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/10/06, Ted Leung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip In keeping with Apache practice, I'd like to allow 72 hours or so for the vote to close, so please vote by 11:59PST on Thursday July 13th. (this duration seems just a little

Re: Acceptance Vote Duration? [WAS Re: [VOTE] Accept Heraldry into the Incubator]

2006-07-11 Thread Sanjiva Weerawarana
On Tue, 2006-07-11 at 12:50 +0100, robert burrell donkin wrote: is 72 hours the right length for an acceptance vote? I'd prefer a bit more time .. like the time for graduation etc. - these are BIG decisions and unlike code decisions hard to revert. As such I think we should not rush things.

RE: Acceptance Vote Duration? [WAS Re: [VOTE] Accept Heraldry into the Incubator]

2006-07-11 Thread Noel J. Bergman
robert burrell donkin wrote: is 72 hours the right length for an acceptance vote? I wouldn't do it over a week, especially a long weekend. And if very few PMC members have voted, I might post a reminder to vote rather than close a vote with a minimum of voters. --- Noel

Re: Acceptance Vote Duration? [WAS Re: [VOTE] Accept Heraldry into the Incubator]

2006-07-11 Thread Samisa Abeysinghe
Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: On Tue, 2006-07-11 at 12:50 +0100, robert burrell donkin wrote: is 72 hours the right length for an acceptance vote? I'd prefer a bit more time .. like the time for graduation etc. - these are BIG decisions and unlike code decisions hard to revert. As such

Re: Acceptance Vote Duration? [WAS Re: [VOTE] Accept Heraldry into the Incubator]

2006-07-11 Thread Ted Leung
On Jul 11, 2006, at 7:02 AM, Leo Simons wrote: On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 12:50:44PM +0100, robert burrell donkin wrote: On 7/10/06, robert burrell donkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/10/06, Ted Leung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip In keeping with Apache practice, I'd like to allow 72 hours

Re: Acceptance Vote Duration? [WAS Re: [VOTE] Accept Heraldry into the Incubator]

2006-07-11 Thread Roy T. Fielding
On Jul 11, 2006, at 10:21 AM, Ted Leung wrote: In this case, we had several weeks of discussion on Heraldry, including some F2F conversations at ApacheCon EU, so 72 hours doesn't seem like a big deal to me. If people want to extend the voting period, I've no problem with that. I guess the

RE: Acceptance Vote Duration? [WAS Re: [VOTE] Accept Heraldry into the Incubator]

2006-07-11 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Ted Leung wrote: In this case, we had several weeks of discussion on Heraldry, including some F2F conversations at ApacheCon EU, so 72 hours doesn't seem like a big deal to me. Nor me. I guess the bigger question is whether we ought to change the 72 hour guideline for the foundation as a

Re: Acceptance Vote Duration? [WAS Re: [VOTE] Accept Heraldry into the Incubator]

2006-07-11 Thread Ted Leung
On Jul 11, 2006, at 10:57 AM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: I guess the bigger question is whether we ought to change the 72 hour guideline for the foundation as a whole, or make incuabator votes a clearly noted exception. We should use our judgment to ensure a collaborative environment without

RE: Acceptance Vote Duration? [WAS Re: [VOTE] Accept Heraldry into the Incubator]

2006-07-11 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Ted Leung wrote: Noel J. Bergman wrote: We should use our judgment to ensure a collaborative environment without undue overhead. But it would be unfair, for example, to deliberately hold a vote when someone whom you know is opposed is going to be off-line. I was just asking the