Exact. IMO too :), the main benefits are :
- To keep tracks. Everyday, on this list, we see messages like 'I know we
already talked about
this (but not who and when)', 'We agreed on this (but cannot remember how and
why...)', 'this
question was already discussed', ... There's no way for a new
For an outsider, an RFC would be a great mechanism. This will let us
users see what future development is planned without having to be part
of the inner group. Considering how much is done in IRC and therefore
not visible to a lot of people after the fact, a formalized process
would actually give