Re: Voting periods

hi, On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > > There’s something that I’m not quite following regarding open votes. > > Why are we saying that ‘votes will end no sooner than X’, instead of > actually saying when they *will* end? > > > > If there’s no clear end date for a vote, when do we declare than a vote is > over? Is it in a specific point in time where the vote happens to be in > favor with what the proposer wanted? Itt was more defined as a "minimum voting period". > The specific case in point is > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/propertygetsetsyntax-v1.2 - which > while has more > supporters than opposers, consistent fell short of the 2/3 majority it > needs to be approved. The vote should have ended on Wednesday – 4 days > ago, but for some reason it’s still open. It’s time to close it. > > > > My suggestion is for voting periods to be limited to one week, regardless > of the topic. It should be more than enough. Regardless, an ‘open ended’ > voting period is unacceptable IMHO. You were one of the person who requested to have at least two weeks, so nobody can miss a vote due to various reasons (on the road, off time, or whatever else). I'd to keep two weeks. Cheers, -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org