Re: [Readable-discuss] 0.3 spec freeze target?

2012-07-17 Thread Alan Manuel Gloria
On 7/18/12, David A. Wheeler wrote: >> Do we vote on things? How do we vote (approval voting, maybe? rank >> voting?)? > > I'd like to *avoid* voting, actually, and have everyone work to convince > everyone else based on merits, and try to work towards rough consensus. Your > analysis of use case

Re: [Readable-discuss] 0.3 spec freeze target?

2012-07-17 Thread David A. Wheeler
Alan Manuel Gloria: > It is now two weeks (14 days) to the proposed freeze date. Should we > be setting deadlines on the individual discussions? We can. There really aren't many issues, and they're interwoven, so I've been thinking of July 31 as the end-date for all. The issues at this point a

Re: [Readable-discuss] 0.3 spec freeze target?

2012-07-17 Thread Alan Manuel Gloria
It is now two weeks (14 days) to the proposed freeze date. Should we be setting deadlines on the individual discussions? Do we vote on things? How do we vote (approval voting, maybe? rank voting?)? On 7/10/12, David A. Wheeler wrote: >> How's the end of July (July 31) sound? What I really nee

Re: [Readable-discuss] 0.3 spec freeze target?

2012-07-09 Thread David A. Wheeler
> How's the end of July (July 31) sound? What I really need are the > specs I can code to, not necessarily a complete reader - I can help > implement a complete reader, but I really want a stable spec I can > code to and implement. Agreeing on a spec by then seems very doable, especially since th

Re: [Readable-discuss] 0.3 spec freeze target?

2012-07-09 Thread Alan Manuel Gloria
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 6:32 AM, David A. Wheeler wrote: > Alan Manuel Gloria: >> As I mentioned before, I'm here mostly because (1) I want to write a >> program in Guile, and (2) I got spoiled on Haskell's indentation >> syntax. So what I really want to do is get the 0.3 specs frozen some >> tim

Re: [Readable-discuss] 0.3 spec freeze target?

2012-07-09 Thread David A. Wheeler
Alan Manuel Gloria: > As I mentioned before, I'm here mostly because (1) I want to write a > program in Guile, and (2) I got spoiled on Haskell's indentation > syntax. So what I really want to do is get the 0.3 specs frozen some > time soon (i.e current spec discussion should terminate before some

[Readable-discuss] 0.3 spec freeze target?

2012-07-08 Thread Alan Manuel Gloria
As I mentioned before, I'm here mostly because (1) I want to write a program in Guile, and (2) I got spoiled on Haskell's indentation syntax. So what I really want to do is get the 0.3 specs frozen some time soon (i.e current spec discussion should terminate before some set date) so that we can al