On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Barry Say wrote: > How are we going to reach decisions on a new standard?
I don't think we'll ever reach decisions this way. > How come the proposal by Guido was suddenly expanded? because I got overwhelmed by Irwin's burning desire to revolutionise ABC, so I gave up... now I'm writing documents that concentrate on _existing_ extensions to the standard. And I'll keep contributing bug reports and bits of code here and there. > Shall I now post my version on a website and call it revision IV? might as well do it. > Are we going to vote? > If so who votes?. very interesting question. Since ABC users are several thousands and members of this list only a few dozens (maybe), it would be fair/logical/democratic if someone set up a voting system on a well-known web page (ie, http://www.gre.ac.uk/~c.walshaw/abc/index.html). It could contain questions like: Would you like the K: field to support XXXX? [ ] yes [ ] no Could the u: field be removed from ABC? [ ] yes [ ] no and so on. This would give developers clear indications as of what the majority of users want. It goes without saying that if developers don't want to implement changes/new features, all this is void. Unfortunately, I can't write a line in PHP/Java/Perl, so I'm afraid I cannot add this voting page to my site. My .02 C. Later, Guido =8-) -- Guido Gonzato, Ph.D. <guido . gonzato at univr . it> - Linux System Manager Universita' di Verona (Italy), Facolta' di Scienze MM. FF. NN. Ca' Vignal II, Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134 Verona (Italy) Tel. +39 045 8027990; Fax +39 045 8027928 --- Timeas hominem unius libri To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
