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| <p>The most important thing about engaging with any Apache project is that everyone |
| is equal. All project participants with an opinion can express that opinion and, where |
| appropriate, have the community consider it.</p> |
| <p>To some, the idea of having to establish consensus in a large and distributed team |
| sounds inefficient and frustrating. Don’t despair, though: The Apache Way has a |
| set of simple processes to ensure things proceed at a good pace.</p> |
| <p>In ASF projects we don’t like to vote. We reserve that for the <a href="https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting">few things that need |
| official approval for legal or process reasons</a> (e.g. approving a release or adding a new committer). |
| Most of the time we work with the consensus-building techniques documented below.</p> |
| <h2 id="consensus">Consensus <a class="headerlink" title="Permalink" href="#consensus">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>The word “consensus” is a bit ambiguous in English, and so can lead to |
| some misunderstandings of intent when we use it in the context of |
| project decisions. Consensus does not mean that everyone agrees on all |
| details. Rather, it means that the project, as a whole, has arrived a |
| decision, or at least a compromise, that everyone can live with.</p> |
| <h2 id="lazy-consensus">Lazy Consensus <a class="headerlink" title="Permalink" href="#lazy-consensus">¶</a></h2> |
| <p><a href="https://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary.html#LazyConsensus">Lazy consensus</a> is the first, and possibly the most important, consensus-building |
| tool we have. Essentially lazy consensus means that you don’t need to get explicit |
| approval to proceed, but you need to be prepared to listen if someone objects.</p> |
| <p>Lazy consensus is achieved by stating your intent on a public email, and |
| waiting an appropriate amount of time (usually 72 hours) for anyone to |
| object. Silence indicates consent, and after that time has passed, you |
| can assume that nobody objects, and proceed with your plan.</p> |
| <p>Objections to the plan should be accompanied by a legitimate reason, and |
| be open to discussing possible alternative approaches.</p> |
| <h2 id="consensus-building">Consensus Building <a class="headerlink" title="Permalink" href="#consensus-building">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>Sometimes lazy consensus is not appropriate. In such cases it is necessary to |
| make a proposal to the email list and discuss options. There are mechanisms |
| for quickly showing your support or otherwise for a proposal and |
| building consensus within the community.</p> |
| <p>A consensus-building thread is often indicated by a subject line |
| starting with <strong>[DISCUSS]</strong>. Sufficient time should be provided for |
| members of the community to express opinions, and defend objections.</p> |
| <p>It is customary for the initiator of the discussion to post a summary of |
| the discussion once it appears that consensus has been reached, to |
| ensure that their understanding of the will of the community is |
| accurate.</p> |
| <h2 id="voting">Voting <a class="headerlink" title="Permalink" href="#voting">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>Occasionally a “feel” for consensus is not enough. Sometimes we need to |
| have a measurable consensus, for example, when <a href="https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting">voting</a> to add committers or |
| to approve a release.</p> |
| <p>To conduct a vote once a discussion thread seems to be winding down, |
| start a new thread with a subject line starting with <strong>[VOTE]</strong> to |
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