Re: [Avalon4] Context Consensus - after the vote

Leo Sutic wrote:

> No, the vote isn't over - just a few notes:
>
> There have been some last-minute suggestions for changes to the 
> proposal. I am against changing a proposal while it is being voted on, 
> and I think it would be a loss to stop the vote, get another version 
> of the proposal out, and then re-start the vote. In short, there is so 
> much in the current proposal that we have consensus on that I think it 
> should go in and not be held up by very small changes. There's always 
> some improvement that can be done, but at some point one has to say 
> -OK, this is good enough for now, let's put it in.
>
> On the other hand, just because something has gone from proposal to 
> vote it is not automaticaly immune from opposition.
>
> So, my suggestion is this: We have postponed some things, among them:
>
>  + The metainfo model.
>  + The metainfo DTD
>  + The list of standard context keys
>  + The naming of context keys.
>
> These things were postponed with the intention that we would deal with 
> them separately and shortly after this vote. Now, I suggest that 
> anyone who has a minor change to the current proposal that is enough 
> to stop you from voting an immediate +1, but not enough to make you -1 
> the proposal, that you reply to this message with your concern, and we 
> can then have a second vote shortly after this vote. That way, these 
> last-minute changes aren't lost, but neither do we have to restart the 
> proposal->vote cycle, and no one has to worry that this is the last 
> chance to provide input regarding the Context interface for the next 
> two years.
>
> I already have Paul Hammant suggestion of changing the WARNING-note 
> attached to the castable context part of the proposal, Peter Donald's 
> comments regarding the context entry samples, and I promise to take 
> them up ASAP after this vote ends Tuesday 1200.
>
> And of course, if you have a major problem with the proposal as it is 
> now, feel free to -1 it.
>
> Does this seem like a fair suggestion?


Yep.

Votes in progress - let's get the result and move on from there.

Cheers, Steve.

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Stephen J. McConnell

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