Re: Why is alternate link a MUST?

[Tim Bray]

OK, I observe a lot of people speaking up for <link>-less feeds, 
presenting some plausible use cases.  I observe only Sam speaking up 
for retaining the compulsory link.  I observe at least one person 
speaking up saying "if it's compulsory I'll generate a fake one", which 
seems significant to me.

I'm starting to smell possible consensus; are there more people here 
who agree with Sam?  If so, speak up.  Also, if dropping <link> is 
going to break something (haven't heard that yet), someone should 
please point that out.

Apologies in advance if you already have spoken on this and I missed 
it. -Tim