From general-return-27866-apmail-incubator-general-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Sat Feb 05 21:13:06 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 76461 invoked from network); 5 Feb 2011 21:13:02 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 5 Feb 2011 21:13:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 57882 invoked by uid 500); 5 Feb 2011 21:13:02 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 57596 invoked by uid 500); 5 Feb 2011 21:13:01 -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 57587 invoked by uid 99); 5 Feb 2011 21:13:01 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:13:01 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2000.0 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received: from [140.211.11.9] (HELO minotaur.apache.org) (140.211.11.9) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with SMTP; Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:13:00 +0000 Received: (qmail 76378 invoked by uid 99); 5 Feb 2011 21:12:39 -0000 Received: from localhost.apache.org (HELO mail-vw0-f47.google.com) (127.0.0.1) (smtp-auth username bdelacretaz, mechanism plain) by minotaur.apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:12:39 +0000 Received: by vws6 with SMTP id 6so2221016vws.6 for ; Sat, 05 Feb 2011 13:12:38 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.201.1 with SMTP id ey1mr3661162vcb.61.1296940358250; Sat, 05 Feb 2011 13:12:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.172.69 with HTTP; Sat, 5 Feb 2011 13:12:38 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <3028227656224141417@unknownmsgid> References: <2D129343-168F-4900-A4C9-AAE76240BA4C@toolazydogs.com> <25941_1296888513_4D4CF2C1_25941_279_1_4D4CF2C9.7010808@apache.org> <3028227656224141417@unknownmsgid> Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 22:12:38 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Voting waiting period From: Bertrand Delacretaz To: general@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Scott O'Bryan wrote: > ...I think it's important to keep things flexible because, as much as we > would like everything to fit the same rules, some communities need to > be a bit more dynamic and we need to trust the project PMC's and > members to do what's best for the project and community. > > 72 hours is a good suggestion, but it shouldn't be mandatory... A PMC that consistently uses voting periods shorter than 72 hours would disempower people who cannot check the project lists every day. So I think 72 hour must be the rule, though exceptions are ok as you mention. -Bertrand --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org