On 9/26/17 5:15 AM, Dave Cridland wrote:
> On 26 September 2017 at 10:03, Guus der Kinderen
> <guus.der.kinde...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Should we rename the status names that we use in XEPs? One of the recurring
>> criticisms about XMPP that I read is "Pretty-standard-feature XYZ has a XEP
>> that is only "experimental"! By doing some window dressing, we will improve
>> the perceived maturity and stability of the protocol.
> 
> Left shifts are bad.
> 
> I'd rather we chose to aggressively advance XEPs, and where we find
> that impossible, try to fix the problems preventing it. In other
> words, I would rather improve the actual maturity and stability of the
> protocol, rather than merely play with the perception of it.
> 
> We need a playground, and we need that playground to be in the open -
> Experimental XEPs should be providing this playground.
> 
> That said, "Draft" is an IETF-ism that could easily enough be replaced
> by "Stable" - it's been dropped at the IETF (incorrectly, I feel, but
> still) so the reference is largely gone.
> 
> Dave.

I'd be fine with "Stable".

Peter


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