On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 01:47:51PM -0400, Elsie Hupp wrote: > >>> I was hoping they would be, or is there a better way of contacting them? > >> > >> The authors all have individual email addresses at the top of the > >> specification: > > > > I did notice that, but why ask them privately? Mailing lists are there > > so a question can be answered *once*, and the record stays online for > > others to find. I did my due diligence before asking here by searching > > the archive. But I seem to be first one to ask. From now on others can > > at least find that it has been asked and maybe won't have to bother the > > authors again. > > Yes, indeed, asking here first is probably the best approach. The > individual email addresses are just useful if you don’t hear back from > any of the authors otherwise, and you really want their perspectives.
Precisely. > Presuming they’re all on this mailing list, a fallback approach might > be to send them a direct email (individually or in a group) nagging > them to respond to this thread. Oh, I will, if this cannot be resolved here. ;) > (Of course, it isn’t fun to feel like a nag…) Which is why I am holding off on that approach for the time being. They are busy people and should be given time. I consider your suggestion a matter of last resort. We are not there yet. ;)
