On Wed, 2010-01-13 at 07:49 -0500, Ciancetta, Jesse E. wrote: > Shindig is the first Apache project I've actively followed, so I wasn't sure > whether or not non-binding community votes were considered useful and/or > encouraged. Seeing the non-binding vote recorded and acknowledged in the > vote summary made me think maybe they are... I searched around this morning > trying to learn more about the process and came up with this Apache > HttpComponents project page: > > http://hc.apache.org/bylaws.html > > and found this quote: > > "For PMC decisions, only the votes of the PMC members are binding. All > community members are encouraged to vote on public PMC decisions, to display > the community support for or concern about the decision. All votes, binding > and non-binding, will be recorded in the result mail." > > Assuming that applies generically to any Apache project (or incubator > project), it might be worth pointing that out at the start of a vote to > encourage non-binding community members to participate -- I'm guessing there > are probably many others who, like myself, weren't really sure whether to > vote or not. > > +1
Thanks Jesse, In the end, it is binding votes that count. However, when assessing the general state of or support for a change that is being voted, non-binding votes really help, demonstrating how much the community is behind the change. Upayavira
