On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Bernd Fondermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 18:52, Stefano Bagnara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip> >> IMHO this one (use the new structure but move some class from parser to >> main) is the worst of the 5 analyzed, but I won't veto it, so if this is >> what the majority wants, I'm fine with it. > > I don't think that Apache is about majority decisions in the first > place. Majority decisions (votes) are often not including minority > opinions, while finding consensus is about taking every opinion into > acount (known as 'compromising'). If that doesn't work, votes come > into play. (Disclaimer: The readers notion about 'The Apache Way' may > vary.) i think it's important to let people know about changes like this and assemble some kind of rough consensus before embarking. i think there's now a consensus that these changes are broadly an improvement but that more refinements are possible. let's just apply the proposal and then start working on the improvements. - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]