[rfc] BB: -1 is not too heavy?

[Aaron Bentley]

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Alexander Belchenko wrote:
> I see that in BB any -1 completely vetoed patch.
> I think this make -1 too heavy. May be it's right.
> But it's force to use -1 too guardedly.

It's based on how we have behaved in the past.  The idea is that
consensus is important, so if anyone is strongly against a patch in its
current form, it shouldn't go in.  I think Martin's original
descriptions are useful:

> We can use a numeric scale
> of -1, -0, +0, +1, meaning respectively "really don't want it in current
> form", "somewhat uncomfortable", "ok with me", and "please put it in"

In BB, marking it as vetoed means that it goes off the "pending" list,
so that we can stop worrying about it until the author submits a revised
version.  I think that this is useful.

> I just want to understand our current arithmetic about voting.
> 
> +1 -1 +1 => still veto?

Yes.

Aaron
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