Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 42086 invoked from network); 28 Aug 2008 08:48:12 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 28 Aug 2008 08:48:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 53955 invoked by uid 500); 28 Aug 2008 08:48:09 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 53784 invoked by uid 500); 28 Aug 2008 08:48:09 -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 53773 invoked by uid 99); 28 Aug 2008 08:48:08 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:48:08 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.2 required=10.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [66.111.4.25] (HELO out1.smtp.messagingengine.com) (66.111.4.25) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:47:10 +0000 Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DB2F15B93D for ; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:44:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:44:29 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: IsO24XUDYF6dgW6NPUS9XE4l0t11uUL9VWthx0Uu48xN 1219913068 Received: from [192.168.1.67] (host86-144-249-87.range86-144.btcentralplus.com [86.144.249.87]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B38EB38183 for ; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:44:28 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Add voting guide to incubator docs? From: Upayavira To: general In-Reply-To: References: <918312fe0808240459l6ad597c2o3c213518950a406b@mail.gmail.com> <4ED8A001-FED5-4A97-9DC4-568B7BFE5E48@SUN.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:44:27 +0100 Message-Id: <1219913067.26592.27.camel@urgyen> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 18:14 +0100, Aidan Skinner wrote: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Craig L Russell wrote: > > > Do you have any ideas on how to make sure that people read and understand > > the documentation, either the existing or proposed update? > > I suspect it's an ordering issue (and conflation of the concept of PMC > and PPMC, rather than PMC and IPMC). The section on who's vote is > binding is buried relatively deeply in the last sentance of the 3rd > paragraph, immediately before the information you were probably > scanning the page for in the first place if you'd read the page before > and wanted a refresher. > > I think a seperate "How to vote" that both the release page and the > PPMC page can reference would help clarify things. Might not help with > people who just don't read it in the first place, or read it and then > forget how it's suppoused to work but.. And by the sounds of it, it would enable those of us that often answer "so what next?" questions to answer with a URL rather than a long and tedious explanation. Thus, I'd appreciate it. Upayavira --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org