Re: CALL for DISCUSSION: eXIf 20170115

On 25 January 2017 at 07:39, Glenn Randers-Pehrson <[email protected]> wrote:
> I plan to call for a vote on eXIf after the two week discussion have
> elapsed, which will be Jan 30.  I'll call for a vote on zXIf after *its* two
> weeks have elapsed, which will be 14 days after Jan 25.

It is not a requirement to start the formal vote immediately after the
CFD, correct?

> If eXIf (uncompressed) passes, which I expect will happen, then zXIf
> becomes moot.

... and, if not, then zXIf won't, either, because of the split votes.
We will end up, yet again, with a lot of energy wasted due to lack of
final agreement. The PNG spec will remain the same, while TIFF will
continue eating our lunch.

For this reason, I propose the following:

Would it be possible to please wait until both the
optionally-compressed and the mandatorily-uncompressed EXIF CFD
finalize?

At the end, take an informal straw poll, find out who favors what, and
then proceed to the formal vote with one single, final proposal.

I, for one, would *not* vote "no" for mandatorily-uncompressed EXIF. I
do favor an optionally-compressed EXIF, as people here already know;
and yet, having invested time, energy and code both in the PNG format
and in digital photography, I would prefer one ratified EXIF-in-PNG
standard, rather than no standard.

Sincerely,
Cosmin

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