Re: [vwrap] Statements of Consensus. Flexibity First.

Dzonatas Sol <dzonatas@gmail.com> Tue, 05 April 2011 16:36 UTC

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Carlo,

Do you think we are ready to implement some asset services now, 
with/without complete documentation?

What more do you think is needed?


Carlo Wood wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Apr 2011 23:02:14 -0400
> Izzy Alanis <izzyalanis@gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> That's not an argument against flexibility. But I do question why we
>> need to have consensus on this abstract meta-issue? Do we really need
>> explicit written consensus on overly general principles like
>> "flexibility is good", or "scalability is good" or "sunshine and
>> puppies are good" to make progress? Specific features and details will
>> or will not become part of the protocol based on their merits.
>>     
>
> Clearly we do: we already can't reach consensus on
> something as logical (aka Spock) and trivial as my very first
> meta-issue as you call it. That baffles me, and to be
> honest, that alone is reason again for me to abandon this
> project.
>
> It is ridiculous that not everyone just said: Aye / Ok / Of course /
> trivial!
>
> I can only guess to the reasons (varying from stupidity (you'd never
> see such reactions on a mailinglist with math researchers) to paranoia),
> but it definitely is working against any progress.
>
> The discussions (and non-progress) on this mailinglist makes me
> think of a book I once called read, "Surely you're joking, Mr.Feynman"
> (http://buffman.net/ebooks/Richard_P_Feynman-Surely_Youre_Joking_Mr_Feynman_v5.pdf
> about page 67, starting with "This committee had men like Compton and
> Tolman...").
>
>   


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