Re: Shipping Atom products prematurely

[Bill de hÓra <bill@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Nottingham wrote:

> Thoughts?

I mostly agree. Tho' in one way, stopping people shipping - well as 
problems go there's worse. Also,

a) we should start setting expectations as to when this thing will 
ship. I have people asking me and the answer I give is I don't know, 
but I know I'm not confident about 2004.

b) the chairs (and maybe the editors) need to continue to be 
aggressive about controlling discussion on this forum. Yes of 
course, consensus good, two legs bad, but if Hoffman or Bray say to 
stfu, please continue to do it.

c) churn the specs more frequently. Currently we have a July 15 
draft that expires next January (that's too many dog years imho) And 
personally I'd rather be tracking spec text than wiki pages at this 
stage.

d) the [[ ]] style callouts need to be laced with !!!, ###, @@@ or 
??? marks - that looks more hacked up, unfinished and dangerous to 
the eye. It's a little thing, but you guys are far too neat.


Observation: I'm currently finding the optimal contribution I can 
make is to not post as much.

cheers
Bill