OK, I have heard from Bernard and Michael that they have comments on
the draft.
I believe that should we publish the draft to the discuss list with the
caveat that these comments are coming, and that there may be some
changes as a result.
Consider the following points:
- nobody is going to be completely happy with this draft (I certainly
am not);
- it is out for wider discussion in any case;
- we need a wider participation in that discussion;
- there is not another proposal on the table that needs a contrasting
view;
- it is quite possible that there will be significant changes no
matter what;
- some of the participants are distributing the draft to others
anyway;
- people on the discuss list only are quite eager to comment;
- the draft still has explicit holes in it;
- there are major questions (like incorporation) that need to be
discussed;
- and TIME IS WASTING.
Email is a wonderful medium, but it only works well if things can
proceed in parallel.
It is clear that if we wait for comments from Michael and Bernard,
and then go through a period of discussion about them, that a week or
more will go by. I don't think we can afford that.
Comments?
-- Kent Crispin, PAB Chair "Do good, and you'll be kent@songbird.com lonesome." -- Mark Twain