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| <p>The concept of "Lazy Consensus" is very important in any apache project. Lazy |
| Consensus means that when you are convinced that you know what the community |
| would like to see happen you can simply assume that you already have consensus |
| and get on with the work. You don't have to insist people discuss and/or |
| approve your plan, and you certainly don't need to call a vote to get approval. |
| You just assume you have the community's support unless someone says otherwise.</p> |
| <p>We have a time machine (Subversion), this means that as long as you commit |
| (or submit patches) early and often the community has plenty of opportunity |
| to indicate disapproval. If you believe the community will support your action |
| you can operate on lazy consensus as long as you are prepared to roll back |
| any work should a valid objection is raised.</p> |
| <h2 id="avoiding-unnecessary-discussion">Avoiding Unnecessary Discussion</h2> |
| <p>The key thing about lazy consensus is that it's easier for people to agree, |
| by doing nothing, than it is to object, which requires an |
| alternative to be proposed. This has two effects, firstly people are less |
| likely to object for the sake of it and secondly it cuts down on the amount |
| of unnecessary mail traffic and discussion.</p> |
| <p>Lazy consensus means we can avoid waiting for a community based decision |
| before proceeding. However, it does require everyone who cares for the health |
| of the project to watch what is happening, as it is happening. Objecting too |
| far down the road will cause upset, but objecting (or asking for clarification |
| of intent) early is likely to be greeted with relief that someone is watching |
| and cares.</p> |
| <h2 id="stating-lazy-consensus">Stating Lazy Consensus</h2> |
| <p>Sometimes a member of the community will believe a specific action is the correct |
| one for the community but are not sure enough to proceed with the work under the |
| lazy consensus model. In these circumstances they can state Lazy Consensus is in |
| operation.</p> |
| <p>What this means is that they make a proposal and state that they will start |
| implementing it in 72 hours unless someone objects. 72 hours is chosen because |
| it accounts for different timezones and non-apache commitments.</p> |
| <p>In this approach the original proposal is not insisting that there is a discussion |
| around their proposal, nor are they requesting that the community explicitly |
| supports their actions. However, this differs from assuming lazy consensus |
| since it allows space and time to <a href="/community/governance/consensusBuilding.html">express support or objections</a> and corrections to |
| the proposal before work begins. </p> |
| <h2 id="silence-is-consent">Silence is consent</h2> |
| <p>People may choose to indicate their support for the actions taken with a +1 |
| mail - quick and easy to read and reassuring for the implementer. However, |
| remember, in a lazy consensus world silence is the equivalent to support. This |
| can take some time to get used to.</p> |
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