Re: [ogpx] VWRAP is going no where.

[Barry Leiba <[e-mail]>]

> You know how we feel about "private communication" being prioritized above
> open VWRAP discussions.  It's not the way to go, as various people have
> pointed out.  If a private communication provided some really useful
> material, why is the new idea not presented to us here, so that it can be
> examined by the group before a new draft spec is written?

It's often the case that the easiest way to present a draft revision
to the group is to revise the draft.  I suggest withholding judgment
about whether that's the right way in this case or not, and see what
the revision looks like.   Remember that draft *editors* for working
group documents remain answerable to the consensus of the working
group, so none of that work will remain mysterious for long, and if
the working group doesn't agree with some of the changes, those can be
changed again or rolled back.

It's common for working groups to bat things around for a while and
then get quiet, to perk up again only when a draft update is posted.
None of this worries me at this point.  Let's see what the next
versions of the updated drafts say.

That said, I, as well as Morgaine, would like to see *ideas* that are
raised elsewhere be brought to the mailing list for discussion.  Even
if an editor wants to work on text while that discussion happens,
that's fine.  A message that says, "Hey, someone came up with the
following idea in an offline conversation.  I'm working on
incorporating it into the document so you can all see it in its full
form, but while I'm working on that let's start some discussion here,"
would be a good one.

Barry, as chair