Re: [Icar] an early review experiment

On Wed, 19 May 2004, Mark Allman wrote:

> I am wondering whether folks think WGs currently ignore comments
> they do not like without comment.  This is different than having a
> discussion and then not following the given comments.

In my limited experience, I have seen enough cases where my comments
were not addressed. Thus, I suspect that there are lots of cases like
that, especially in "controversial" areas.

Please note that I personally do not think there is an important
difference between "discussing and then ignoring" a comment and
"ignoring without discussion" (as far as the scope of your questions
goes). The result is the same -- the comment is not addressed. Without
a concise statement of action, informal and fuzzy mailing list
discussions mean little if anything.

> And, this is also different from any particular machinery (e.g.,
> filing the comments in a proper issue tracker, etc.).

While there is certainly a theoretical difference, in practice, it
makes little sense to ask whether citizens are usually law-obeying if
the country does not keep a record of law violations or, worse, does
not define what a violation is. You will only hear about high-profile
murders and neighbor disputes which are unlikely to give enough
quality information about the general state of affairs.

Alex.

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