Le 25/03/2011 20:18, Brendan Eich a écrit : > Dunno. You were ravaged by the Crocken so you may be a bit sore still :-/. > > Any list with informal/unsound syntax talk is not one I want to be on. It's > not quite beer talk. It could lead to a breakthrough idea, who knows? But the > cost is pretty high. > > I'm not against syntax proposals here, mind you. Let's just work out the > grammar a bit before launching. This is said and (hopefully) read by people who are currently on the list. But it might be worth saying it while welcoming people on es-discuss (on the listinfo page or welcoming e-mail after validation) so that each time someone comes in with the expectation of bringing a syntax idea, s/he can be told beforehand that s/he should start working on the grammar and bring something already solid to the mailing-list.
I haven't taken the occasion to do so yet, but I'd like to thank you for considering that an open mailing-list will be beneficial for ECMAScript as a language. Nevertheless, by doing so, you're creating a community and like every community, there are rules, conventions, expectations. It might be time to formalize these in a way or another. The WHATWG has done it on their wiki. For inspiration, I recommend reading: * http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#Is_there_a_process_for_removing_bad_ideas_from_a_specification.3F * http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#Is_there_a_process_for_adding_new_features_to_a_specification.3F * http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#Mailing_List Regards, David > /be > > On Mar 25, 2011, at 12:09 PM, Kris Kowal wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Brendan Eich <[email protected]> wrote: >>> No problem -- just don't provoke Zeus to unleash the Crock-en ;-). >>> https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/es-discuss/2011-February/012761.html >> Perhaps there needs to be a venue where non-experts can bounce ideas >> and discuss points of pain with volunteering committee members to >> reduce noise in this venue. There is little room here for >> light-hearted discussion and mentoring for members of the community >> who have less than full-time commitment and years of experience in >> language design. >> >> It's disappointing to be ostracized, but it is true. I also want to >> see careful and well-wrought steady progress. I remember a former >> decade when this discussion was impossible to follow, too many bad >> ideas were too thoroughly discussed, and much time was wasted. >> >> Kris Kowal > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
