On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:28:51 +0100 "Denis Dupeyron"
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| You forgot to mention that the "small group" is either a subset of the
| interested parties or is commissioned by them. Which doesn't appear to
| be the case here.

Sure it is.

| > Because there are a lot of people with opinions out there, and they
| > will all start saying things like "well it would be better if things
| > were like $blah, so you should change it to say $blah".
| 
| Which means exactly what it means. You would settle for something
| mediocre? We are here to help you, Ciaran.

No, it means the spec is a description of how things are, not how
people want them to be.

| > Have a look at the amount of noise that comes up any time this kind
| > of discussion takes place on this list...
| 
| Well, it seems that many devs believe there is something wrong in the
| way PMS is conducted. Their observation isn't based on the result
| itself, but on the status (or rather non-status) and behavior of some
| of the project members. Some, even, question the intentions. The noise
| you hear is the alarm that's ringing.

It seems that some devs don't have a clue what they're on about or
what's going on, and it strikes me as better that they remain
uninvolved.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh
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