Re: DISCUSSION: publish list of nominees?

[Brian E Carpenter <brian@hursley.ibm.com>]

Robert Elz wrote:
> 
>     Date:        Thu, 04 Apr 2002 13:29:10 +0200
>     From:        Brian E Carpenter <brian@hursley.ibm.com>
>     Message-ID:  <3CAC3906.1B905FEF@hursley.ibm.com>
> 
>   | The error cases have to be handled (as they have to be under
>   | today's rules). But I thought we were trying to reach a decision
>   | of principle first, rather than work out all the details.
> 
> Once again, I vehemently object to that approach.
> 
> Decide the principle first is the approach taken by people who know
> they can never succeed if everyone is aware of the details first.

Fiddlesticks.

Obviously, if we discover unfixable bugs in the details later, we
have to backtrack; but nobody is going to waste time on writing up
a complete model unless there is enough support to make the effort
worthwhile.

Mr proto-Chair of the proto-WG... your turn.

   Brian