Re: experimental proposal

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> >>>SL> Consider the OpenGL model, where loads of extension exists, and from
> >>>SL> time to time the ARB does pull in some of the extensions to become a
> >>>SL> standard part of the OpenGL spec, and bump the OpenGL minor version.

> >>>Why is this better than defining a profile ?  (A set of extensions.)

> >>>SL> David doesn't seem keen on letting this be the X.Org people.

> >>>And he's right about that, at any rate.

> >>...because strife and division are always good ideas?

> > I think it's more correct to say that market forces are perennially more
> > efficient at producing standards than committees.

> Good response :)  I do agree with that, and IETF certainly does too :)

> But I am still hoping for some amount of common ground occurring,
> otherwise we'll have duelling X protocol revs :)

So far, cvs has been pretty good at taking care of this kind of thing.  I
expect that to continue regardless of the number of administrative
domains involved.

Marc.

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