Re: [apps-discuss] Applicability Statements

Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im> Wed, 11 May 2011 20:47 UTC

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Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] Applicability Statements
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On 5/11/11 2:43 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> On 2011-05-12 06:04, Barry Leiba wrote:
>>> I think this is entirely sensible.  I've felt for some time that
>>> we have underutilized the AS option.  Sometimes we incorporate
>>> AS elements into a TS, but it has been a long time since they
>>> have been done standalone.  You didn't mention it explicitly,
>>> but use of AS documents eliminates another issue that has
>>> annoyed lots of people about some BCPs: An AS is entirely
>>> appropriate for recommendations about what we think is the least
>>> bad thing to do under some set of circumstances.  When we make
>>> that sort of recommendation in a BCP, we expose ourselves to the
>>> criticism that the recommendation is neither best (as distinct
>>> from a bad compromise), nor current (as distinct from a
>>> recommendation about future behavior), nor actively practiced.
>>
>> This is exactly what I'd have said if John hadn't said it.  Or, put
>> another way, "I support the publi...."  No, wait.  Um.
>>
>> Yes, let's go ahead with it.
> 
> +1. I would recommend it to all Areas in fact, but it's good for
> somebody to start.

Pete dreamed this up as something we could try in the Applications Area,
and I'm on board with it. Once we have some practical results to show to
other area directors, we might convince them to try it, too.

Peter

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