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Process Evolution

1995 Feb
  • Patches exchanged by mail, given a name,
  • vote tabulated (+1 yes, -1 veto, +0 abstain)
  • patches applied,
  • generate new release
    1995 Mar
  • Formal patch database/forms tried, later replaced by simple directory
    1995 Sep
  • Voting guidelines codified,
  • separate roles of voter, vote coordinator, release builder
    1996 Jan
  • Remote CVS enabled
    1996 Nov
  • GNATS problem tracking system
    1997 Jan
  • Voting restored
  • Agenda created

  • The Apache Group: A Case Study of Internet Collaboration and Virtual Communities (Roy T. Fielding, 02 May 1997)
    UCI School of Social Sciences Seminar Series on the World-Wide Web