>From what I remember reading, the only votes that really seem to require
consensus are kicking people out.
On 22 June 2018 at 04:03, Bertrand Delacretaz
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 2:20 AM Hen wrote:
> > ...My assumption is that the rules for voting for an Apache member are
> the
Hi,
On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 2:20 AM Hen wrote:
> ...My assumption is that the rules for voting for an Apache member are the
> same as for voting for a PMC member or a committer. Ideally there are no
> -1s, but at the end of the day it’s a majority vote
That's my understanding: there are no
Roy said a while ago that for (P)PMC votes, a -1 is a veto. It is basically
saying, "I cannot work with this person". And corollary, "I should not have
to".
Cheers,
-g
On Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 20:54 Hen wrote:
> Interesting.
>
> Foundation-wise, all our votes are Majority Voting (new member
Interesting.
Foundation-wise, all our votes are Majority Voting (new member vote, board
vote (ish), votes by the board themselves, omnibus voting). There's little
expectation/requirement of consensus.
Jakarta/Commons wise new committer votes felt that way (Majority); however
both of those were
Hi,
> Agreed. It does not discuss having a [DISCUSS] thread before the [VOTE]. It
> is important to do that because then an objection (-1) can be discussed
> properly. There can be many reasons that a PMC member might object and these
> need to expressed. Not doing so might lose PMC members
Hi,
Way back when each project having a set of bylaws/guidelines was fashionable I
looked through them and there is some variation but a -1 on a committer or PMC
member is generally treated as a veto. That being said any objections should
really come up in the discussion stage (and hopefully
> On Jun 21, 2018, at 5:20 PM, Hen wrote:
>
> I’m wondering what a -1 means on a committer vote.
>
> https://community.apache.org/newcommitter.html says “and no vetoes”, while
> https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html does not list a new committer
> vote as a “technical” vote.
>
> My
I’m wondering what a -1 means on a committer vote.
https://community.apache.org/newcommitter.html says “and no vetoes”, while
https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html does not list a new committer
vote as a “technical” vote.
My assumption is that the rules for voting for an Apache member
