On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 10:04 PM Nico Williams <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 06:48:54AM +0100, Nadim Kobeissi wrote:
> > If the code points already exist then why can’t we just follow Richard
> Barnes’ proposal:
>
> Because there was a concensus call on adoption, and the WG chairs called
> the consensus as being in favor of adoption.  There have been appeals,
> and the appeals did not succeed (I'm not inviting a sub-thread about
> that, just stating the current state of play).
>
> I argued against adoption.  But given that it was adopted, publication
> can't be held up by a desire for a different outcome to the adoption
> call.
>

As a matter of process, this is simply untrue. WGs need consensus for the
document at the time of publication, notwithstanding the outcome of the
adoption call. The chairs have some power to structure the argument
to rule out repeated discussion of questions that have been asked and
answered, but at the end of the day, documents need consensus to proceed.

-Ekr
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