On 19 November 2013 08:29, Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@apache.org> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 4:03 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 9 November 2013 12:17, Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: > ... >>> My guess is that "Lazy Majority" is used because Majority implies more than >>> 50% of possible voters need to vote. >> >> My guess is that it is a misprint for Lazy Consensus.... > > I'd say so - "lazy majority" is mentioned at > http://ant.apache.org/bylaws.html but I didn't know there was such a > concept in our projects.
The Ant bylaws do at least define what the terms mean [1], but unfortunately it seems they have chosen different names from the ones in the ASF Glossary [2] For example: Ant has Consensus: For this to pass, all voters with binding votes must vote and there can be no binding vetoes (-1). Consensus votes are rarely required due to the impracticality of getting all eligible voters to cast a vote. ASF has: 'Consensus approval' refers to a vote (sense 1) which has completed with at least three binding +1 votes and no vetos. Compare Majority Approval. Ant: Lazy Consensus: Lazy consensus requires 3 binding +1 votes and no binding vetoes. ASF: Lazy consensus(Also called 'lazy approval'.): A decision-making policy which assumes general consent if no responses are posted within a defined period. This is a bit of a mess. [1] http://ant.apache.org/bylaws.html#Approvals [2] http://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary.html > I'd rather keep it simple and avoid mentioning it in the incubator docs. > > -Bertrand > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
