On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 11:49:52PM -0500, J. David Blackstone wrote:
> > Presumably the discarding will be heralded with an announcement on the
> > mailing list, as well as a note to the maintainer. The interested
> > parties should see this and yell.
>
> Just wanted to get that stated explicitly. I hope "heralded" gives
> enough time to those of us who would like to adopt orphaned ideas.
Well, its not like all copies are going to be thrown into the void,
forever cast out from all knowledge forever. If an RFC gets orphaned
and then somebody yells, it can always be brought back.
> Even with a mailing list exclusively dedicated to the issue, I found
> it very hard to gauge the level of interest and approval for my RFCs.
> There were several comments of, "Oh, I'd like to see this but a little
> differently, but don't have enough time to devote to this issue right
> now." I literally can't tell if I'd be wasting my time trying to
> prototype any of these or if a hundred people would be mad if I
> silently abandoned the proposals.
Declaring an RFC orphaned is the surest way to get a response. :)
Seriously. If it looks like there's no interest, announce (loudly)
that you're withdrawing it. That should nudge the lurkers into
action.
--
Michael G Schwern http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just Another Stupid Consultant Perl6 Kwalitee Ashuranse
Maybe they hooked you up with one of those ass-making magazines.
-- brian d foy as misheard by Michael G Schwern
