Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 78099 invoked from network); 2 Jan 2009 12:47:08 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 2 Jan 2009 12:47:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 21441 invoked by uid 500); 2 Jan 2009 12:47:06 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 21409 invoked by uid 500); 2 Jan 2009 12:47:06 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 21398 invoked by uid 99); 2 Jan 2009 12:47:06 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:47:06 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.2 required=10.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: 216.86.168.178 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of geir@pobox.com) Received: from [216.86.168.178] (HELO mxout-03.mxes.net) (216.86.168.178) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:46:56 +0000 Received: from [10.0.1.194] (unknown [67.86.14.166]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6B4D223E3F1 for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2009 07:46:32 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: From: "Geir Magnusson Jr." To: user@couchdb.apache.org In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Subject: Re: Decision making process (Re: Changing rev to _rev in view results (Was: Re: newbie question #1)) Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 07:46:32 -0500 References: <0743DF91-9015-43DD-9A0F-7E79D6DF4632@gmail.com> <154D8F25-87B3-49DC-9D80-6C68C946ECAF@gmail.com> <34FCDB16-6D06-4401-BCD8-0B053E2E935E@gmail.com> <48250456-2512-46BD-85E1-464457DBC995@pobox.com> <20090102034756.GJ2520@tumbolia.org> <62D1E488-D052-4389-B61C-3FBD0D24F4AC@gmail.com> <6F9AE5BB-39A3-40D7-8072-A4A4E0D85F4D@pobox.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Jan 2, 2009, at 7:37 AM, Chris Anderson wrote: > On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 4:16 AM, Geir Magnusson Jr. > wrote: >> >> On Jan 2, 2009, at 12:33 AM, Antony Blakey wrote: >>> >>> It's never been clear to me that there is a process for voting - the >>> decision making process within the commit group seems opaque. >> >> How can that be? I assume that all decisions are made in public on >> the dev@ >> mailing list. >> > > The committers have a history of deferring to Damien (especially on > deeply technical matters like the document identity model). It's fair > to say that most of what we do is bug fixes and the like. When we have > a new feature or module under development, we like to run the code by > Damien before we commit it. He understands CouchDB inside and out, and > he's pretty good at seeing how an API detail or caching property will > effect the big picture of how people use CouchDB. That's perfectly reasonable if it's on the dev@ list. > > > There have been votes on the dev list before, but they are rare > because we so often move with consensus. That's also perfectly reasonable, and in fact, how I personally like to participate - it seems that if it comes down to a vote, the consensus mode has failed. geir > > > -- > Chris Anderson > http://jchris.mfdz.com