Re: DRAFT: eXIF 2017-03-05

I'll put square brackets around the sentence that begins with "Therefore"
so people can notice that they could take a marking pen and redact it
if they want to  [square brackets mean "you don't have to read this"].

On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Cosmin Truta <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 7 March 2017 at 07:48, Phil Harvey <phil-CIeU6mJ2MbMd166Dz3SrqbDks+cytr/[email protected]> wrote:
>> I don't see the point of mentioning anything about padding or filling before an IFD because this is obvious for anyone who understands the EXIF/TIFF specification.  But if anyone else sees the benefit in this I won't object.
>
> Ok, Phil, I understand your objection. But could you please suggest an
> alternative formulation of that paragraph, removing the redundancy
> that you dislike, so that we can either adopt it as is, or rephrase it
> in a way that is to everyone's liking?
>
> I personally have a preference for text that is both concise and
> clear. I don't mind redundancy as long as it's brief and extra-useful
> (e.g. it provides a useful example, or a good clarification that could
> prevent the reader from mis-interpreting the surrounding text).
> However, I am myself often guilty of writing long paragraphs, and I
> have to spend additional mental effort to make them shorter (which,
> obviously, I am not doing right now).
>
> "If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter" -- Blaise Pascal
>
> Sincerely,
> Cosmin
>
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