Re: Jakarta PMC Meeting Agenda / Info - What happens if a 3.3 proposal getsa -1

[Hans Bergsten <ha...@gefionsoftware.com>]

Sam Ruby wrote:
> 
> Hans Bersten wrote:
> >
> > Unless another committer can convince whoever votes
> > -1 to change his vote, it means that 3.3 will not
> > happen. Instead we will continue to maintain the
> > 3.x code base based on 3.2.1. That's how decision
> > making is defined for this project, see
> >
> > <http://jakarta.apache.org/site/decisions.html>
> 
> That may be how it is defined, but we need to find a way to make it work.
> 
> Two conflicting goals: the burden of proof needs to be on the one proposing
> to change the status quo, and we can't permit -1's that simply are raised
> to prohibit forward progress.

Right, we need to talk about this (and a few other things in our
bylaws and guidelines) at the meeting today.

Hans
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