On Tue Dec 02 2014 at 12:25:33 PM Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Apache PMCs, including the incubator PMC, operate by consensus except > in a very small number of enumerated exceptional cases. So, the vote, > I think, is a test of consensus. -1 votes block consensus until > discussed to 0. There's no minimum number of +1 votes. > For releases, 3 +1s are a minimum. The convention I have seen consistently applied is that -1s only count as vetos on code commits. There is no rule that a -1 on a process or release vote constitutes a block; however, the community *should* discuss the concerns of the dissenters and try to come to better consensus. > > I am always prepared to be corrected. > > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 12:09 PM, jan i <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I have just called for a vote on corinthia, and got a question about the > > voting rules from the project. > > > > I digged into the documentation, and all I can find is the fact that a > vote > > has to be called. I cannot find a definition of the vote (yes I can find > > our general voting rules, but not which one applies in this case). > > > > Can someone please point me towards a document where it is defined, > > otherwise I suggest we change the documentation to make it clear. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > rgds > > jan I. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
