Re: release voting

2006-12-21 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Dec 20, 2006, at 3:12 PM, Roy T. Fielding wrote: If an officer believes that a release package should be "vetoed" for legal reasons, then they should inform infrastructure to remove the release from distribution. However, that doesn't change the fact that a release was cut, a version numbe

Re: release voting

2006-12-20 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
Roy T. Fielding wrote: > > If an officer believes that a release package should be "vetoed" > for legal reasons, then they should inform infrastructure to remove > the release from distribution. Take that one step further... s/officer/officer or member/ Any PMC member who discovers a legal viol

Re: release voting

2006-12-20 Thread Roy T. Fielding
On Dec 20, 2006, at 3:20 AM, Niclas Hedhman wrote: On Wednesday 20 December 2006 18:04, Roy T. Fielding wrote: On Dec 19, 2006, at 8:02 PM, Greg Stein wrote: That's how it works. No, that's not how it works. Isn't it a bit scary that two of the most respected members of ASF don't agree

Re: release voting

2006-12-20 Thread Jim Jagielski
The chair is not delegated authority over the projects -- only responsibility to manage the committee, and thus the only decisions that a chair can go hog-wild on are the establishment of unusual project bylaws or appointment and removal of committee members (which requires an ACK by a board memb

Re: release voting

2006-12-20 Thread Yoav Shapira
Hi, On 12/20/06, Niclas Hedhman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 20 December 2006 18:04, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > On Dec 19, 2006, at 8:02 PM, Greg Stein wrote: > > That's how it works. > No, that's not how it works. Isn't it a bit scary that two of the most respected members of ASF don

Re: release voting

2006-12-20 Thread Niclas Hedhman
On Wednesday 20 December 2006 18:04, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > On Dec 19, 2006, at 8:02 PM, Greg Stein wrote: > > That's how it works. > No, that's not how it works. Isn't it a bit scary that two of the most respected members of ASF don't agree on how ASF operates "when push come to shove" ? C

Re: release voting

2006-12-20 Thread Roy T. Fielding
On Dec 19, 2006, at 8:02 PM, Greg Stein wrote: On 12/11/06, Roy T. Fielding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > Can a PMC chair veto a release? No. A chair only counts as one vote. A chair's only special powers are to receive things officially and ensure that the PMC does vote. Euh... no. Now

Re: release voting

2006-12-19 Thread Greg Stein
On 12/11/06, Roy T. Fielding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > Can a PMC chair veto a release? No. A chair only counts as one vote. A chair's only special powers are to receive things officially and ensure that the PMC does vote. Euh... no. Nowhere is that stated in the ASF Bylaws. They're qu