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

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