[SpamAssassin Wiki] New: VotingProcedure

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   Date: 2004-07-22T19:44:26
   Editor: DanielQuinlan <qu...@pathname.com>
   Wiki: SpamAssassin Wiki
   Page: VotingProcedure
   URL: http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/VotingProcedure

   new page, only documents existing policy as previously discussed on -dev

New Page:

== SpamAssassin Apache Voting Procedure ==

We follow the [http://incubator.apache.org/learn/voting.html Apache Voting Procedure] with the below modifications.

=== Time Delays ===

Votes should generally be permitted to run for at least 72 hours to
provide an opportunity for all concerned persons to participate regardless
of their geographic locations.

(Since it does say "generally", it seems reasonable exceptions to the 72
hour rule are allowed if you specify such in your vote, but let's always
allow at least 24 hours or at least 48 hours if the weekend is involved.
Remember, though, that if someone later vetos with a technical
explanation, then the code gets pulled.)

And please don't vote +1 unless you actually did something to check the
patch.  That means some form of testing or code review.  ;-)

=== When in Review-then-Commit mode ===

Changes need consensus approval before being committed.  ("Consensus approval"
refers to a vote which has completed with at least three binding +1 votes and
no -1 vetos.  Yes, the author of a patch is allowed to vote as long as they're a
committer.)

Also, any changes need to go through a bug with the appropriate milestone.

=== When Review-then-Commit is optional ===

 * documentation
 * finishing off pre-existing T_ tests
 * non-controversial non-semantic style changes (fixing indentation, adding comments, but not actual code)
 * very simple, non-controversial, and absolutely safe bug fixes

=== Reverting code ===

to be added