+1/-1 voting (was: Re: [RFC] /var versus /srv)

Thu Sep 27 12:58:56 UTC 2007

On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 11:38:36PM -0400, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 10:26 -0400, David Cantrell wrote:
> > Where did the +1 and -1 trend come from because it's really freaking annoying.
> 
> The earliest I've heard of it happening is on various Apache mailing
> lists, to indicate acceptance or rejection of a change.

Yeah, it originates from Apache AFAIK.

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-dev/199503.mbox/%3C9503152021.AA27714@ooo.lanl.gov%3E

joe