Am 16.08.2011 16:47, schrieb John Cowan: > Grant Rettke scripsit: > >> From what I read there was a lot of outrage against the private >> mailing lists that effected the R6RS standard. >> >> Are there private mailing lists that effect the standard new standard >> as well? :( > > (I apologize for the length and density of this reply, but I feel it's > important to make the WGs' positions and behavior clear.) > > Emphatically no. There are private mailing lists for the two WGs, which > are explicitly *not* for technical discussion. They have been used to > discuss membership, infrastructure (the Trac-based system used by WG1 > and in part WG2), and in one case to raise a point of order. In toto > there have been 41 messages posted to either private list, compared to > 2424 messages posted to the WG1 public list and 254 posted to the WG2 > public list, some of which were crossposts. > > Nothing prevents the discussion of the draft by anyone in any venue. > If any member of the WG becomes aware of an editorial issue, they may > resolve it by directly editing the trunk or by filing an editorial > ticket: *all* edits are reviewed by another WG member, generally Alex > or me. Similarly, a WG member aware of a substantive issue may file > a ticket for it, and it will wind up on a ballot. If the issue is > discussed at all by the WG, it will be on the publicly readable mailing > list. > > Alex sent all known Scheme implementers a version of the current > trunk, basically the third draft plus editorial corrections. The > scheme-implementors list is set up so that implementers who wish to > comment on it or discuss it at this stage can do so without feeling that > they must defend their decisions openly. What they say has a special > interest, but no special authority: any criticisms must go through the > process I just outlined. > > In short, the WGs are committed to the principle of open covenants > openly arrived at. >
Thank you for clarifying; I have replied a moment to early. I agree with the WG's approach you outlined and applaud it for its openness. Regards, Denis _______________________________________________ Scheme-reports mailing list [email protected] http://lists.scheme-reports.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scheme-reports
