On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Andrew Josey wrote: > hi John > (My thoughts were based on some parts of POSIX where they > omitted the group password feature intentionally) I agree that the > key here is that any change be decided by the specification > owners and not the test folks, who need to be careful > to follow the specification.
Agreed. > > There needs to be a process for defect reporting and resolution; > as you say this feature may be necessary for some, is it in > scope for defect reports to remove such a feature? No way! > > I agree also that the spec owners ought to consider an obsolescence path for > deprecating features. Some specifications I have worked on have > marked features as "To be withdrawn" for one version of the > specification prior to dropping a feature. > regards Do we have such a process? If not we should put this on the agenda for a future discussion in the appropriate forum. - John T. > Andrew > > On Jul 30, 10:38am in "Re: [PROPOSAL]drop L", John H Terpstra wrote: > > Andrew, > > > > I know of sites that still use the group password feature. Even if we > > offer a waiver here and we assent to the demise of this "feature", for a > > very small minority this is still a needed behaviour. As such I recommend > > that we retain this. We should however flag all features that are > > earmarked for obsolesnce. A suitable notation should be made in the spec. > > > > - John T. > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
