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Posted to commits@openoffice.apache.org by ro...@apache.org on 2012/02/09 02:43:40 UTC
svn commit: r804305 - in /websites/production/openofficeorg: ./
content/openofficeorg/community-faqs.html
content/openofficeorg/get-involved.html
Author: robweir
Date: Thu Feb 9 01:43:40 2012
New Revision: 804305
Log:
Publishing merge to openofficeorg site by robweir
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websites/production/openofficeorg/ (props changed)
websites/production/openofficeorg/content/openofficeorg/community-faqs.html
websites/production/openofficeorg/content/openofficeorg/get-involved.html
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--- websites/production/openofficeorg/content/openofficeorg/community-faqs.html (original)
+++ websites/production/openofficeorg/content/openofficeorg/community-faqs.html Thu Feb 9 01:43:40 2012
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<div id="contenta">
<h1 class="title">Community FAQs</h1>
-
+ <h2 id="how_are_decisions_made_in_the_project">How are decisions made in the project?</h2>
+<p>The most important thing about engaging with any Apache project is that everyone
+is equal. All people with an opinion are entitled to express that opinion and, where
+appropriate, have it considered by the community.</p>
+<p>To some the idea of having to establish consensus in a large and distributed team
+sounds inefficient and frustrating. Don't despair though, The Apache Way has a
+set of simple processes to ensure things proceed at a good pace.</p>
+<p>In ASF projects we don't like to vote. We reserve that for the few things that need
+official approval for legal or process reasons (e.g. a release or a new committer).
+Most of the time we work with the consensus building techniques documented below.</p>
+<h2 id="what_is_lazy_consensus">What is "Lazy Consensus"?</h2>
+<p><a href="/openofficeorg/docs/governance/lazyConsensus.html">Lazy consensus</a> is the first, and possibly the most important, consensus building
+tool we have. Essentially lazy consensus means that you don't need to get explicit
+approval to proceed, but you need to be prepared to listen if someone objects.</p>
+<h2 id="consensus_building">Consensus Building</h2>
+<p>Sometimes lazy consensus is not appropriate. In such cases it is necessary to
+make a proposal to the mailing list and discuss options. There are mechanisms
+for quickly showing your support or otherwise for a proposal and
+<a href="/openofficeorg/docs/governance/consensusBuilding.html">building consensus</a> amongst the community.</p>
+<p>Once there is a consensus people can proceed with the work under the <a href="/openofficeorg/docs/governance/lazyConsensus.html">lazy
+consensus</a> model.</p>
+<h2 id="what_about_voting">What about voting?</h2>
+<p>Occasionally a "feel" for consensus is not enough. Sometimes we need to
+have a measurable consensus. For example, when <a href="/openofficeorg/docs/governance/voting.html">voting</a> in new committers or
+to approve a release. </p>
</div>
<div id="footera">
Modified: websites/production/openofficeorg/content/openofficeorg/get-involved.html
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--- websites/production/openofficeorg/content/openofficeorg/get-involved.html (original)
+++ websites/production/openofficeorg/content/openofficeorg/get-involved.html Thu Feb 9 01:43:40 2012
@@ -105,31 +105,6 @@ as easy as possible for people to get in
<h2 id="mailing_lists">Mailing lists</h2>
<p>Your first engagement with the project should be to subscribe to our
<a href="/openofficeorg/mailing-lists.html">mailing lists</a>.</p>
-<h2 id="decision_making">Decision Making</h2>
-<p>The most important thing about engaging with any Apache project is that everyone
-is equal. All people with an opinion are entitled to express that opinion and, where
-appropriate, have it considered by the community.</p>
-<p>To some the idea of having to establish consensus in a large and distributed team
-sounds inefficient and frustrating. Don't despair though, The Apache Way has a
-set of simple processes to ensure things proceed at a good pace.</p>
-<p>In ASF projects we don't like to vote. We reserve that for the few things that need
-official approval for legal or process reasons (e.g. a release or a new committer).
-Most of the time we work with the consensus building techniques documented below.</p>
-<h3 id="lazy_consensus">Lazy Consensus</h3>
-<p><a href="/openofficeorg/docs/governance/lazyConsensus.html">Lazy consensus</a> is the first, and possibly the most important, consensus building
-tool we have. Essentially lazy consensus means that you don't need to get explicit
-approval to proceed, but you need to be prepared to listen if someone objects.</p>
-<h3 id="consensus_building">Consensus Building</h3>
-<p>Sometimes lazy consensus is not appropriate. In such cases it is necessary to
-make a proposal to the mailing list and discuss options. There are mechanisms
-for quickly showing your support or otherwise for a proposal and
-<a href="/openofficeorg/docs/governance/consensusBuilding.html">building consensus</a> amongst the community.</p>
-<p>Once there is a consensus people can proceed with the work under the <a href="/openofficeorg/docs/governance/lazyConsensus.html">lazy
-consensus</a> model.</p>
-<h3 id="voting">Voting</h3>
-<p>Occasionally a "feel" for consensus is not enough. Sometimes we need to
-have a measurable consensus. For example, when <a href="/openofficeorg/docs/governance/voting.html">voting</a> in new committers or
-to approve a release. </p>
</div>
<div id="footera">