Hi, >>"Philip" == Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Philip> Manoj, Was my previous mail really that annoying ? If so, I Philip> apologise profusely (I was fairly tired at the time I wrote Philip> it, so may have started to be rather more argumentative that I Philip> meant to be) Well, it was gfetting frustating, what with being in the middle of two conversations, one with Dale and James, who are of the opinion that policy is a guideline, and not a set of rules adopted by the project, and you and raul, who are of the opinion that no one needs defend policy or say that it should be folllowed, since that is self evident. I may have over reacted to being the lone voice crying in the wilderness bit. Philip> I think we actually hold fairly similar opinions about this Philip> subject. Did you ever see my previous attempt to calm this Philip> discussion down a bit ? I think we all hold views that are pretty close to each others. The de'il is in the details ... Philip> Anyway, I think you've started being just a little Philip> argumentative now, since I don't believe that you, or anyone Philip> else for that matter, wants to violate policy in a destructive Philip> way. well, not really. Philip> You seemed (to my tired eyes) to be accusing people of Philip> objecting to: Philip> Policy should be followed, except where a discussion about the Philip> clause in question is still ongoing, in which case the Philip> maintainer may indulge in a policy violation if they feel it Philip> is a technically superior approach. I think this would indeed satisfy all of us. This statement put policy as something we all collectively have agreed to follow, and yet rtecognizes that at time policy may be in error, and allows people leeway to correct policy, and allow it to evolve and converge to correct behaviour. manoj -- "Once I was a tadpole, in the beginning of the begin; Then I was a toadfrog with my tail tucked in. Then I was a monkey in a banyan tree; Now I'm a professor with a Ph.D." --Anonymous creationist's view of evolution Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]