> From: Alan Hargreaves <Alan.Hargreaves at Sun.COM>
...
> It appears to me that with the exception of one item, this case has
> converged.
>
> That one item is of course the "style issue".
>
> The question I feel that needs to be asked at this point is:
>
> Is this really an issue for the ARCs, or is this an
> implementation detail?
>
> If it's an implementation detail, then why on earth are we still
> discussing it?
I may drop my objections (seeing as how I seem to be alone in them),
but I believe the default value is not quite a stylistic choice and
even if it was, it is well within the domain of the review.
Frankly, I'm dismayed by the number of assertions as to what is best
without any backing data. The resolution to this should not be:
What any engineer thinks is best.
Or even:
What the development community thinks is best.
But rather:
What will best satisfy the largest portion of our user base.
This last (and correct) answer pushes us (the community and the ARC)
into the relm of interpreters of insufficient data where our experience
as **customer interfacing** engineers comes into play. In all cases,
our personal experiences and preferences as individual engineers
(or individual site administrators) should be left at the door.
Sigh,
- jek3
