Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 47355 invoked from network); 16 Mar 2007 03:53:48 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 16 Mar 2007 03:53:48 -0000 Received: (qmail 67567 invoked by uid 500); 16 Mar 2007 03:53:52 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 67415 invoked by uid 500); 16 Mar 2007 03:53:52 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 67404 invoked by uid 99); 16 Mar 2007 03:53:52 -0000 Received: from herse.apache.org (HELO herse.apache.org) (140.211.11.133) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:53:52 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (herse.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [66.112.202.2] (HELO mail.devtech.com) (66.112.202.2) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:53:41 -0700 Received: from localhost. ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.devtech.com (JAMES SMTP Server 2.3.1-dev) with SMTP ID 271 for ; Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:53:20 -0500 (EST) From: "Noel J. Bergman" To: Subject: Discussions, polls and votes? Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:53:11 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <31cc37360703152011w21ab245dm233d5acaba937df2@mail.gmail.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Importance: Normal X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Henri Yandell wrote: > Noel J. Bergman asked: > > Is there a reason for calling a vote while there is still active discussion? > It was asked for and I announced I would do it Yes, but ... IMO, calling a vote in the middle of a very active discussion leads to one of two things: - a VOTE thread hijacked for discussion - a subtle push to terminate discussion and count votes FWIW, I don't particularly feel the same about a poll compared to a vote. --- Noel --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org