Re: WELCOME to [email protected]

Greg Stein <[email protected]> Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:20:10 -0400

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On Apr 23, 2012 2:21 PM, "Marvin Humphrey" <[email protected]> wrote:
>...
>
> In theory, the fuzzy end-time could be abused on a contentious VOTE by
say,
> coordinating a block of votes and having the RM terminate the VOTE
immediately
> after those votes come in.  So perhaps VOTEs which are expected to be
> contentious should have a fixed end-time.

Since a release cannot be vetoed... sure, the RM could stop the vote. But
the goal is to get signatures, too, so there is no strong benefit to
stopping early.

Cheers,
-g