Fwd: [rt.icann.org #2905] Last Call: 'The Atom Syndication Format' to Proposed Standard

2005-04-28 Thread Tim Bray
Unsurprising, but good news I'd say: From: "Michelle Cotton via RT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: April 28, 2005 8:58:51 PM PDT To: iesg@ietf.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [rt.icann.org #2905] Last Call: 'The Atom Syndication Format' to Proposed Standard Repl

ADMINSTRIVIA: resent mail and loops

2005-04-28 Thread Paul Hoffman
There will probably be a couple of more re-sent messages before the current storm stops. I have nuked the user who seems to be behind a stupidly-written spam filter at fault. --Paul Hoffman, Director --Internet Mail Consortium

Re: PaceOptionalSummary

2005-04-28 Thread Henry Story
I'll +1 on MAY. On 27 Apr 2005, at 04:29, Robert Sayre wrote: On 4/26/05, Tim Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Paul & I are gonna watch a little more debate and then we'll call rough consensus one way or the other, at which point I at least will become crushingly rude to anyone who wants to invest m

Re: Last Call: 'The Atom Syndication Format' to Proposed Standard

2005-04-28 Thread Alexey Melnikov
The IESG wrote: The IESG has received a request from the Atom Publishing Format and Protocol WG to consider the following document: - 'The Atom Syndication Format ' as a Proposed Standard The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Plea

PaceBriefExample posted

2005-04-28 Thread Robert Sayre
I'm obviously very down on normative language requiring a summary. I am open to non-normative language explaining the syndication medium as we see it today. I acknowledge that people who don't know what they're doing sometimes create unhappy users by providing title-only feeds. The examples, espec

Re: Cleanup phase - remaining Paces

2005-04-28 Thread Antone Roundy
The following Paces have not had their fate officially decided: PaceOptionalSummary (+1) PaceXmlContentWrapper (+1 -- there was plenty of opposition during the discussion of this one, but it seemed to be directed at both the current spec and the Pace, so I don't think it's clear whether people p

Re: PaceOptionalSummary

2005-04-28 Thread Robert Sayre
On 4/28/05, Roger B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That's fine, but we're not here to tailor the format to your app. > > Robert: Seriously, dude. C'mon. > You're right, that was too snippy. > But you asked a question, and I answered it. Honestly, > straightforwardly, and without an weasel

Re: Cleanup phase

2005-04-28 Thread Bill de hÓra
Bill: That last objection in parens sounds like some of the positions held around dates - that providers ought to do the right thing for some definition of the right thing. Given that legacy, I'll claim it's clear we're not here to police what people ought do with feeds that could have a summa

Re: Cleanup phase

2005-04-28 Thread Bill de hÓra
Sam Ruby wrote: This is not a theoretical discussion. Quoting from RSS 0.92[1]: * All sub-elements of are optional * any 0.92 source is also a valid 2.0 source Is this really where we want to go? No, but please see my other mail replying to Graham on why I think PaceOptionalSummary does not go

Re: PaceOptionalSummary

2005-04-28 Thread Roger B.
> That's fine, but we're not here to tailor the format to your app. Robert: Seriously, dude. C'mon. I don't care what little slap-fight you want to have with Sam, or Graham, or whoever else you figure is wronging the sublime rightness of your position. That's your thing, and welcome to it. You

Re: Cleanup phase

2005-04-28 Thread Sam Ruby
Graham wrote: On 28 Apr 2005, at 11:34 am, Bill de hÓra wrote: I haven't seen any objections to "title only feeds" which you state is my and Sam's and other's position (we object to feeds that could have a summary included but don't). That last objection in parens sounds like some of the position

Re: PaceOptionalSummary

2005-04-28 Thread Roger B.
> Sorry, what was your point again? Eric: The point was that the *application* drops title- or content-free entries. It never inserts them into the database. They go poof. -- Roger Benningfield

Re: Cleanup phase

2005-04-28 Thread Graham
On 28 Apr 2005, at 11:34 am, Bill de hÓra wrote: I haven't seen any objections to "title only feeds" which you state is my and Sam's and other's position (we object to feeds that could have a summary included but don't). That last objection in parens sounds like some of the positions held around

Re: Cleanup phase

2005-04-28 Thread Bill de hÓra
Graham wrote: On 28 Apr 2005, at 10:48 am, Bill de hÓra wrote: Tim Bray wrote: And of course we're going to have to fish some sort of consensus out of this horrid summary-required mess. -Tim I can't agree with that observation. Although there are a few strenuous objections against title only fe

Re: Cleanup phase

2005-04-28 Thread Graham
On 28 Apr 2005, at 10:48 am, Bill de hÓra wrote: Tim Bray wrote: And of course we're going to have to fish some sort of consensus out of this horrid summary-required mess. -Tim I can't agree with that observation. Although there are a few strenuous objections against title only feeds, on the bal

Re: Cleanup phase

2005-04-28 Thread Bill de hÓra
Tim Bray wrote: And of course we're going to have to fish some sort of consensus out of this horrid summary-required mess. -Tim I can't agree with that observation. Although there are a few strenuous objections against title only feeds, on the balance consensus is for them. Is there something y

Re: On SHOULD, MUST, and semantics

2005-04-28 Thread Bill de hÓra
Graham wrote: On 27 Apr 2005, at 10:31 pm, Robert Sayre wrote: My opinion is that ~10 WG members are currently clearly stating their belief that summary/content are optional. You should make clear that most of those people supported a misleading Pace that didn't clearly state its side-effects be

Re: PaceOptionalSummary

2005-04-28 Thread Bill de hÓra
Bill de hÓra wrote: Tim Bray wrote: http://www.intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/PaceOptionalSummary 0 I think I'm the only 0 in this. After watching the debate progress over the last few days, I'm altering my position to +1. cheers Bill

Re: PaceOptionalSummary

2005-04-28 Thread Robert Sayre
On 4/28/05, Sam Ruby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert: why did you ask for an example? > To find out about any technical issues, not to hear Roger repeat himself. Robert Sayre

Re: Cleanup phase

2005-04-28 Thread Robert Sayre
On 4/28/05, Tim Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And of course we're going to have to fish some > sort of consensus out of this horrid summary-required mess. That shouldn't be hard. I don't think the WG has ever been more decisive. If PaceOptionalSummary received 10 negative opinions, I'm qui

Re: PaceOptionalSummary

2005-04-28 Thread Sam Ruby
Robert Sayre wrote: On 4/28/05, Roger B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Do you have an example? Robert: I'm an example. I also drop title-free feeds (see Scripting News)... given the nature of the app, a feed without titles or content is just worthless. That's fine, but we're not here to tailor the for

Re: PaceOptionalSummary

2005-04-28 Thread Eric Scheid
On 28/4/05 2:45 PM, "Roger B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Do you have an example? > > Robert: I'm an example. I also drop title-free feeds (see Scripting > News)... given the nature of the app, a feed without titles or content > is just worthless. I'm also an example - if I discover that a f

Cleanup phase

2005-04-28 Thread Tim Bray
On Apr 27, 2005, at 9:05 AM, Sam Ruby wrote (about the proposal to address Bob Wyman's dupes issue): It would help if a Pace could be written. Funny you should say that, Sam. We have another week or so to go on our IETF Last Call, but the volume of input is low enough that Paul & I think we can