Re: EXIF support in PNG

On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 5:36 PM, Glenn Randers-Pehrson <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Alternatively, maybe easier, we vote on two proposals that are nearly
>> identical, one with and the other without compression. And we simply
>> agree with each other that only one can survive, depending on the number
>> of votes.

This is what I'm assuming.

However there's only one proposal on the table at present and it has
no compression.  At present there is no compression code and there is
no compression proposal, just a series of statements.  It's difficult
to argue against something that doesn't exist (well, I think it is.)

That's why I wrote the proposal I wrote; so that there was no chance
of misinterpretation.

> We tried something like that before, and it just got to be a mess
> with no alternative receiving enough -- or even *any* votes

The lesson there is to make the rules of the vote clear before the
vote.  This is called SPMV; Single Person Multiple Vote.  You can vote
for as many or as few proposals as you like, the one with the most
votes wins, equal votes for both result in limbo until someone casts
an extra vote.

John Bowler <[email protected]>

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