Just a thought... All of you discussing this, should do several things: First, it seems there is not consensus on the desired/actual strength of authority of policy. THEREFORE: If this was not done before, ALL developers should ratify policy. If it was, skip to the next step :)
Next, before just about anything else, it would be a good idea, as someone pointed out, if certain key words in policy had defined standard meanings, like 'must', 'should' and 'may'. If the RFC definition is known to everyone, maybe it's appropriate that said definition be used. Next, IF I were a voting member of this body (which I'm not), I'd say that Phil's try at bringing the parties together was a really good job, since Phil really listened to what both adversarial parties were saying, and boiled it down quite well. Finally, and again, IF I were a voting member and IF policy is ratified, I would ask that folx unwilling to follow policy be denied essential packages. Also denied should be those pkgs in main which are required, standard or important. I _do_ ask this, as a user, and as a user, whether ratified or not. -Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
