RE: Continued RFC process

2000-10-11 Thread Bryan C . Warnock
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, David Grove wrote: > Absolutely it's appropriate. They think I'm paranoid and the only one who sees > the danger. Relatively few people speak openly about it for fear of getting the > same beatings I get on a regular basis. Frankly I think it's important for > these guys ju

RE: Continued RFC process

2000-10-11 Thread Glen
--- David Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do we allow the core developers some peace, while giving the community > FREE > voice? Free being, if it's perl related, it's valid. Free by any other > definition is also a farce. IMHO, the fact that this list is not in the midst of a huge flam

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-11 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Dan" == Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dan> what happens if for some reason I turn into a raving nutter Dan> and won't go? What you mean "will", Kimosabi? :) -- Stephen "Farcical aquatic ceremonies are no basis for a system of government!"

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread J. David Blackstone
> On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 06:01:16PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote: >> "General consensus" is best, but that can't be guaranteed. "Consensus of >> the ruling council" is more attainable, but there's that whole "ruling >> council" thing to contend with. "What Larry says" is best, but what > happens >>

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread J. David Blackstone
David Grove wrote: > The > community need that I _know_ is being ignored is the ability to have a perl > that's not taking a dive toward being slopped all over with the four-colored > flag. David, please, you must be more specific and less idiomatic. I don't even know what the four-colored fl

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Nathan Wiger
Dan Sugalski wrote: > > Works. We still have those Quantum Ninja that we're holding in reserve for > Damian... :) Yeah... they're vicious, too - they kick ass in constant time. ;-) -Nate

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 04:51 PM 10/10/00 -0700, Daniel Chetlin wrote: >On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 08:23:07PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > > Having had cause to root around in the archives of perl6 and perl5 lists, > > can I suggest that we use the system that perl5-porters is archived on in > > preference to the syste

RE: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 09:04 PM 10/10/00 -0400, Bryan C. Warnock wrote: > > On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Nathan Torkington wrote: > > > > > Closed-for-posting mailing lists that are publically readable is the > > > best suggestion we've had to meet these ends so far. > > > > > > Anyone have better suggestions? > > > >Instead

RE: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 05:59 PM 10/10/00 -0500, David Grove wrote: >On Tuesday, October 10, 2000 3:27 PM, Simon Cozens [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >wrote: > > Consider: > > "Public Opinion": Hey, we need Perl 6 stable in three weeks. > > Coders: But, uhm, we haven't started coding yet. > >Consider: >Microsof

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 06:58 PM 10/10/00 -0500, Tad McClellan wrote: >On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 03:42:48PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote: > > At 12:31 PM 10/10/00 -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: > > > > "Dan" == Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Dan> A better analogy is that Larry's the Bishop and Chief >

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 07:09 PM 10/10/00 -0600, Nathan Torkington wrote: >Dan Sugalski writes: > > "General consensus" is best, but that can't be guaranteed. "Consensus of > > the ruling council" is more attainable, but there's that whole "ruling > > council" thing to contend with. "What Larry says" is best, but what

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread J. David Blackstone
> > > On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Nathan Torkington wrote: > >> Closed-for-posting mailing lists that are publically readable is the >> best suggestion we've had to meet these ends so far. >> >> Anyone have better suggestions? > > I don't know that this is _better_, but...perhaps we could have > the l

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Nathan Torkington
Dan Sugalski writes: > "General consensus" is best, but that can't be guaranteed. "Consensus of > the ruling council" is more attainable, but there's that whole "ruling > council" thing to contend with. "What Larry says" is best, but what happens > if he doesn't, or gets hit by a bus at some po

RE: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Bryan C . Warnock
> On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Nathan Torkington wrote: > > > Closed-for-posting mailing lists that are publically readable is the > > best suggestion we've had to meet these ends so far. > > > > Anyone have better suggestions? > Instead of group-writable and world-readable, how about group-writable an

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Tad McClellan
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 03:42:48PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote: > At 12:31 PM 10/10/00 -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: > > > "Dan" == Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Dan> A better analogy is that Larry's the Bishop and Chief > > Dan> Architect, while the rest of us are engineer

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Daniel Chetlin
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 08:23:07PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > Having had cause to root around in the archives of perl6 and perl5 lists, > can I suggest that we use the system that perl5-porters is archived on in > preference to the system that the perl6 lists use (MHonArc, apparently). > Perso

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Russ Allbery
Dave Storrs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is anyone here familiar with the behind-the-scenes process and politics > of the Linux development community? Not heavily familiar, but I know some details. (My knowledge is that of someone who's been following linux-kernel sporadically for a year or tw

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Russ Allbery
Peter Buckingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think that it is important that the developers have some free method > of communication without being bogged down by insignificant details. While I definitely agree with this, and I find the idea of focused, read-only lists for core developers a r

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Russ Allbery
Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 09:31 AM 10/10/00 -0600, John Barnette wrote: >> D'you think it's a possibility to provide read-only access to the lists >> for interested parties? I'm certainly not competent enough to >> contribute to a core discussion, for example, but I have no d

RE: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread David Grove
On Tuesday, October 10, 2000 3:51 PM, Simon Cozens [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 03:38:17PM -0500, Jonathan Scott Duff wrote: > > Perhaps it's just me, but I don't see a problem yet. If Perl were > > somehow being "taken over", then I expect the Perl community (at the

RE: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread David Grove
On Tuesday, October 10, 2000 3:27 PM, Simon Cozens [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > Consider: > "Public Opinion": Hey, we need Perl 6 stable in three weeks. > Coders: But, uhm, we haven't started coding yet. Consider: Microsoft: We need Perl by April 15th Head Cheese: Ok, sure

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 11:12 PM 10/10/00 +0100, Simon Cozens wrote: >On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 06:01:16PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote: > > "General consensus" is best, but that can't be guaranteed. "Consensus of > > the ruling council" is more attainable, but there's that whole "ruling > > council" thing to contend with.

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Simon Cozens
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 06:01:16PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote: > "General consensus" is best, but that can't be guaranteed. "Consensus of > the ruling council" is more attainable, but there's that whole "ruling > council" thing to contend with. "What Larry says" is best, but what happens > if he

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 10:48 PM 10/10/00 +0100, Simon Cozens wrote: >On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 05:40:04PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote: > > You're being too specific. There is no assumption possible that perl > > developers will do *anything*. Ever. This is a volunteer community. Any > > other assumption you might make is

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Simon Cozens
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 05:40:04PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote: > You're being too specific. There is no assumption possible that perl > developers will do *anything*. Ever. This is a volunteer community. Any > other assumption you might make is unfounded. David also seems to miss the irony that

RE: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 02:11 PM 10/10/00 -0500, David Grove wrote: >However what I was responding to was the shutting out of anyone who >doesn't agree with the politics of the perl elite, and wants to mouth off >from time to time (me). You sort of have to read between the lines on this >one, Peter, because this is

David's paranoia again (was Re: Continued RFC process)

2000-10-10 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "David" == David Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: David> The community need that I _know_ is being ignored is the David> ability to have a perl that's not taking a dive toward being David> slopped all over with the four-colored flag. Community interest David> must take a higher precedence

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Will Coleda - IMG
David Grove wrote: > To those who don't know the old argument, which out of respect for the list and > the listmaster I won't detail Frankly, I think not knowing the details of the "old argument" makes it more difficult to understand your stance. Is there an email archive of said argument somew

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Simon Cozens
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 03:38:17PM -0500, Jonathan Scott Duff wrote: > Perhaps it's just me, but I don't see a problem yet. If Perl were > somehow being "taken over", then I expect the Perl community (at the > very least, one David Grove :-) to be up in arms about it. And then they could fork,

RE: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread David Grove
On Tuesday, October 10, 2000 1:33 PM, Jonathan Scott Duff [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > David Grove wrote: > > Read-only and carefully censored lists are irrelevant to the goals of > > Perl 6's giving voice to the perl community. They lead us right back > > where we were before, with a core

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Jonathan Scott Duff
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 03:11:54pm -0500, David Grove wrote: > They think I'm paranoid and the only one who sees the danger. > Relatively few people speak openly about it for fear of getting the > same beatings I get on a regular basis. Frankly I think it's > important for these guys just to real

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Simon Cozens
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 03:11:54PM -0500, David Grove wrote: > Perhaps, then, there should be one more officer, chosen by Larry himself. > This person would be responsible for collecting public opinions and > representing them to the developer group, who needs to follow that guidance > as long as

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Nathan Wiger
Dan Sugalski wrote: > > > > Just that it not be *too* hard to get on the closed lists > > > >Yep, this is my only concern. It should be reasonably easy to say "I > >really want to help" and get on the closed lists. Perhaps the best way > >of making sure the lists don't bloat into "everyone has a

RE: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread David Grove
On Tuesday, October 10, 2000 1:26 PM, Andy Dougherty [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > [An offlist request for clarification, though I invite you to follow-up to > the perl6-meta list if you deem appropriate] Absolutely it's appropriate. They think I'm paranoid and the only one who sees the dan

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Simon Cozens
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 12:34:33PM -0700, Dave Storrs wrote: > is there some way we can duplicate/adapt > their process so that we can simultaneously put to rest both David Grove's > concerns about elitism and Dan Sugalski's concerns about lack of planning? No. -- Everything that can ever be in

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Will Coleda - IMG
Nathan Wiger wrote: > I was going to suggest a criteria for initial membership of having > authored at least a CPAN module or core patch, but I'm not sure. It > seems reasonable that someone shouldn't be programming core if they > haven't really done anything big in Perl before (and given it back)

RE: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread David Grove
On Tuesday, October 10, 2000 10:51 AM, Dan Sugalski [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > >Yep, this is my only concern. It should be reasonably easy to say "I > >really want to help" and get on the closed lists. Perhaps the best way > >of making sure the lists don't bloat into "everyone has an opinio

RE: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Dave Storrs
On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Nathan Torkington wrote: > Closed-for-posting mailing lists that are publically readable is the > best suggestion we've had to meet these ends so far. > > Anyone have better suggestions? I don't know that this is _better_, but...perhaps we could have the lists that

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 12:31 PM 10/10/00 -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: > > "Dan" == Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dan> A better analogy is that Larry's the Bishop and Chief > Dan> Architect, while the rest of us are engineers, sectional > Dan> architects, artisans, craftsmen, journeymen, a

RE: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Ask Bjoern Hansen
On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, David Grove wrote: [public voting] > Good? Bad? as someone who in a former life was part of creating news groups and such I can only say bad things about "public voting" in an environment like this. It just doesn't work and just doesn't measure anything useful. If you can a

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Dave Storrs
Is anyone here familiar with the behind-the-scenes process and politics of the Linux development community? If I understand it correctly (and I'm not sure I have the details right), when Linux was being developed, Linus came up with a skeletal OS based off of MINIX, then he turned it loose. Peop

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Dan" == Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dan> A better analogy is that Larry's the Bishop and Chief Dan> Architect, while the rest of us are engineers, sectional Dan> architects, artisans, craftsmen, journeymen, and apprentices, Dan> working to build up a cathedral.

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 02:20:23PM -0400, Uri Guttman wrote: > the lists should also be archived in the usual ways. having search > functions (on the web?) would be a good addition. development lists many > times will note an idea early on and forget it later. i have refound > some good nuggets by

RE: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread David Grove
On Tuesday, October 10, 2000 12:59 PM, Peter Buckingham [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > David Grove wrote: > > Read-only and carefully censored lists are irrelevant to the goals of > > Perl 6's giving voice to the perl community. They lead us right back > > where we were before, with a core gro

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Jonathan Scott Duff
David Grove wrote: > Read-only and carefully censored lists are irrelevant to the goals of > Perl 6's giving voice to the perl community. They lead us right back > where we were before, with a core group free to sit back unchallenged > on their complacency and let Perl go to rot. What does "un

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Uri Guttman
> "DS" == Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DS> Read-only access is a must for any list like this, and with more DS> than just a web archive. I'm sure Ask will set things up so anyone DS> that likes can subscribe to the read-only version of the list. that was in my original post

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread Peter Buckingham
David Grove wrote: > Read-only and carefully censored lists are irrelevant to the goals of > Perl 6's giving voice to the perl community. They lead us right back > where we were before, with a core group free to sit back unchallenged on > their >complacency and let Perl go to rot. To accomplish

RE: Continued RFC process

2000-10-10 Thread David Grove
On Tuesday, October 10, 2000 10:31 AM, John Barnette [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > D'you think it's a possibility to provide read-only access to the lists > for interested parties? Read-only and carefully censored lists are irrelevant to the goals of Perl 6's giving voice to the perl commun

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-09 Thread Stephen Zander
> "David" == David Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: David> If the "public say" is limited to an RFC freeforall, then David> closed off to let the elite go to work, then the whole David> "public say" policy is a farce an order of magnitude worse David> than the "great perl merg

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-09 Thread Simon Cozens
On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 01:10:57PM -0500, David Grove wrote: > >Perl 6 Public Relations - brian d foy > > Public relations? Uh, who is the Perl 6 information officer? I don't have the faintest idea. -- "You can have my Unix system when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers."

Re: Continued RFC process

2000-10-08 Thread Uri Guttman
> "NT" == Nathan Torkington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: NT> I've heard people asking for RFCs to continue after the brainstorming. NT> What do we want to do that we need RFCs for? Design? Implementation? NT> Working out the fine details of behaviour? well, this is the right time to o