oVirt comminuty voting

[Jim Jagielski]

http://webmink.com/2011/03/11/is-apache-open-by-rule/

On Sep 13, 2011, at 11:06 AM, Anthony Liguori wrote:

> On 09/13/2011 08:54 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote:
>> A project lead implies that somehow his/her vote is more important
>> than anyone else's, which is not how the ASF works.
>> 
>> The idea is to build a community that strives for consensus so that
>> the need for tie-breaking votes isn't required…
> 
> That's one model, but it's not the only model.  As it happens, there's a good LWN article right now on this topic.
> 
> http://lwn.net/Articles/458094/
> 
> The simple fact is, a large part of the ecosystem we're trying to build is already existing and has a diverse development model.  If we don't accommodate development model diversity, then we're going to exclude large parts of the ecosystem which is going to result in fragmentation.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Anthony Liguori
> 
>> If half the community
>> thinks A and the other B, then there is for sure no consensus.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Having 3 maintainers does not mean there isn't an overall project leader.  We have around 30 maintainers in QEMU but only one project leader.  The project leader casts the tie breaking vote.
>>> 
>>> It's the same model as the kernel and many other communities.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Anthony Liguori
>> 
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>> Jim Jagielski | jimjag at redhat.com | 443-324-8390 (cell)
>> 
> 

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