OpenJDK governing board, constitution

[Simon Phipps]

On Jan 16, 2009, at 19:09, Andy Tripp wrote:

>  What has changed so that a constitution is no longer needed?

Who said it wasn't needed? It's just that the only dispute that has  
arisen so far appears to be this one, and experience elsewhere shows  
that creating governance in a vacuum leads to bad decisions. What  
actually is the need precipitating your passion, beyond an arbitrary  
date passing (through, I agree, apparent neglect)?

S.