[GRASS-PSC] RFC1 vote reminder
Michael Barton
michael.barton at asu.edu
Thu Mar 29 19:25:07 EDT 2007
OK. We were asked to vote by a certain date before. This time I'll wait
until everyone is done with modifying this. Please someone announce when it
REALLY is ready for a vote. I'll look at it again then.
Michael
On 3/29/07 4:16 PM, "Brad Douglas" <rez at touchofmadness.com> wrote:
> I would say yes as it's already been addressed peripherally[1]. The old
> vote is no longer relevant. Maybe it should go into the RFC? I still
> need to review the changes, but the quoted text below is very
> encouraging. I've been away for about a week and have much to catch up
> on.
>
> I also don't think it's a good idea to vote for an unratified RFC before
> the changes are committed. Commit first, then vote to avoid any
> potential confusion in wording. Once the it is ratified, then only
> changes need be voted on (before commit?), not the entire document.
>
> [1] http://grass.itc.it/pipermail/grass-psc/2007-March/000232.html
>
> On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 10:17 -0700, Michael Barton wrote:
>> Do we need to vote again?
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>> On 3/29/07 10:14 AM, "Scott Mitchell" <smitch at mac.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 23-Mar-07, at 04:49 , Hamish wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hamish:
>>>>>>> - Specifiying our HQ is ITC(or modern equivalent) is a good thing.
>>>> Paul:
>>>>>> Yes I think I didn't read Scott's proposal well enough. I wasn't
>>>>>> aware that we were deleting the explicit mention of the IRST
>>>>>> institute.
>>>> Markus:
>>>>> Now we are mentioning Intevation without link to the CVS and
>>>>> the Web site link without institute - looks a bit unbalanced.
>>>>
>>>> propsed changes to RFC1: (see attached patch)
>>>>
>>>> # revert the ITC->CVS+website change & update irst's name. I think
>>>> that's as clear as we need to be about who we are. (the cvs may be
>>>> the heart, but it isn't the whole)
>>> ...
>>>> # grounds for removal from CVS write access: as currently worded the
>>>> only reason is for removal is violating the SUBMITTING guidelines.
>>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> other than those changes, I am happy with RFC1 and ready to vote in
>>>> favour of it.
>>>
>>> I agree with Hamish's summary and solution. I have patched my own
>>> copy and was ready to commit it to CVS but got commit-shy, given my
>>> own role in creating confusion in our initial attempts at this. But
>>> we seem to have stalled again, so here I am.
>>>
>>> If I get a little more positive reinforcement, I'll go ahead and
>>> commit, and if I read the consensus right, we will not only be ready
>>> to vote, many will be happy to get it over with, considering they
>>> already voted! I think we would have to start again, even with
>>> everyone's best intentions in the past, for proper process,
>>> especially since this is to properly establish the PSC.
>>>
>>> So - should I go ahead and commit and re-call the vote, or ... ?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Scott
>
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