On Tue, 28 Oct 2008, Mitchell Wand wrote:
>> From: Elf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:29:07 -0700 (PDT)
>> Subject: [r6rs-discuss] voting process prequel
>>
>> notable issue with the announcement and voting process: what, precisely,
>> is the role of the steering committee, and how does it differ from the
>> role of the editors? i cannot seem to find a document explaining the
>> current (and future) roles of both parties.
>>
>> -elf
>
> The roles of the steering committee and the editors committee are
> explained in detail in the Charter. This *used* to be available on
> schemers.org, but it seems to be hiding from me right now.
> It's not that long, but it's too long to post here, so I've put a copy
> online at http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/wand/charter.txt .
>
> I'll try to get this fixed up, so there are links on www.r6rs.org, in
> the voting procedure document, etc.
>
Oke, thank you for posting this. I now think I have a clearer idea of the
roles. Some questions, then:
1) Which Steering Committee member(s) are leaving?
2) When was the Steering Committee and Editors process established? Can
someone post a brief history of the processes by which the historical
RnRS reports were standardised, and how the current process was decided?
2a) If there were a significantly different set of processes for the previous
RnRS (n <= 5) standardisation efforts, what was the rationale for changing
to the current one?
2b) If the process for R6 strongly differed from the previous processes, I
would suggest fairly drastic modifications to the Charter and
standardisation process itself.
3) I am concerned about excessive democracy in standardisation processes
without some form of check to prevent fiascos like Common Lisp (sorry)
or the political and social effects of R6RS. What checks can be put into
place to prevent future scenarios like the one currently encountered, if
a popular vote is to be the method of selection?
3a) How soon will a Steering Committee actually have a new set of tasks? R6RS
is less than half a year old.
3b) What is the unifying concept of Scheme going to be? What is the desired
direction? How can the dichotomy between the purists and the applications
people be resolved? I think that these are the fundamental questions that
must be addressed before any further decisions or discussions are
warranted.
-elf
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