Re: Revising the RSSCloud Interface

--- In [email protected], "James Holderness" <j4_james@...> wrote:
> Let's leave Dave to do his thing for now. Offer feedback if you
> think it might help (some of his changes do seem to be in response
> to comments others have made), and once the technology has matured
> and is more widely used, we can consider whether further action
> from the board would helpful.

If we defer to Dave, he will control RSSCloud and the most likely outcome is that the spec will be imprecise, he will declare it frozen and we won't be in any position to do anything afterward other than live with it. RSS includes RSSCloud, so the RSS Advisory Board will be tasked with helping people support it.

If we are letting him take over a component of the RSS specification and make changes to it, I think the board members who favor this course should get involved with his development of RSSCloud before he declares it frozen. The window of opportunity to improve it is probably short.

Also, I think the new RSSCloud needs a version number to distinguish it from the original interface.

Dave has made a request to me that could be directed to the board as well:

"A couple of requests.

"1. Work through the rsscloud.org doc with the same approach you used here. An open mind, don't prejudge. I'd be interested to hear how your experience compares.

"2. Review the docs and report any problems you see. There's a mail list or use the comments section on the walkthrough. As you've said, now is the time to fix problems. If you find them later it will be more difficult.

"3. Also if possible review the Wordpress implementation and my rsscloud.root. I shipped source and it's in a Frontier tool, an environment you know well."

I appreciate the gesture he's made here, but speaking for myself personally, I won't participate in a project that puts part of RSS in a single developer's control. We fought hard to establish a public process and community decision-making on matters related to RSS, and supporting his project is counter to that.



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