Re: Playing catch-up, and other grievances

[Marcus Brinkmann]

At Tue, 02 May 2006 20:42:16 +0200,
Tom Bachmann <address@hidden> wrote:
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> Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > There is one exception: Do not resend any question about use cases of
> > confined encapsulation.  There is a challenge running for that, so
> > please just take the opportunity and participate.  As I have said in
> > the mail that started the challenge, I am *collecting* them and will
> > process them later as a batch.
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> I am not sure this is the right way. Sure, it is a challenge. But this
> challenges only purpose is to get deeper insight into the problem we are
> discussing. Therefore it might be useful to change a proposal a little
> bit after you rejected it, and try again. I am not sure if we will make
> considerable advances if there are always weeks between these tries.

You are right.  This is why I planned to comment on the proposals and
allow for clarification before making my personal decision.  We can
also have several rounds, and/or engage in active discussion
afterwards.

However, I think it is also appropriate for me to stay out of the
on-going discussion about a new proposal.  This way, I can not
influence the result.  I do hope, however, that others will jump in
and comment on the proposals, so that they can be refined even before
I get to look at them.

Thanks,
Marcus