On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Joe Schaefer <joe_schae...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> THRIFT-819 to me is a pattern of dialog I'd like > to see improved. Too often I see issues filed > in Thrift's jira that get turned down by Facebook > folks without any input from non-Facebook committers. > That tends to institutionalize the idea Facebook > retains tight control over all architectural decisions > for this project. > > One way to resolve this is for the Facebook employees > to continue to comment on these issues but to ask for > input from other committers before closing the issue. > Another approach is to recognize the pattern and return > to the dev list with some educational posts about the > goals of Thrift and its design. Those suggestions > are not mutually exclusive. > > Isn't "lazy consensus" a core Apache principle? I looked at the JIRA, saw that David had already commented, and I agreed with his response. Piling on just to say "I agree with David" seemed like a waste of time, no? -Todd -- Todd Lipcon Software Engineer, Cloudera
