[SCL] Chris: the new version?

[Tanel Tammet]

Hi,

Chris Menzel wrote:

> Can you wait til Monday?  I'll have a much more complete version by
> then, as I'll have a chance to finish up the section on identity.  

Sure I can, since you guarantee that we'll certainly get a new
version by Monday (that was my reading of your email).

 >  At the same time, let's be careful not to move
> *too* fast. 

I do not think we have had that problem so far.

> It is difficult to undo things that aren't done right. 

No, not at all. It is easy to change text, you
know :-)

A good point about publishing OFTEN is exactly that
we will have a concrete material to discuss and
change, if necessary, and any problems can be
solved before every small snippet of the text
depends on the problematical parts.

It is not at all the idea that you have to make it right
on the first blow. Instead, we should

- publish often
- concentrate all the discussions on the existing
   draft, changes and improvements to that, not
   just general talk.

We cannot do the latter unless we do the former.

> We need to make sure we are all clear about each new development -- you and
> Pat are remarkably prolific, and it takes a bit of time to digest
> everything that flows from your flying fingers! 

But this prolificness is pseudo: we are not making
any improvements to the text, just having fun.

We need to talk about the text - by sending our suggested
changes and versions.

Right now nobody has a good way to do that, since we kind
of decided to wait for your input.

It is fine with me to wait until Monday, though,
but I'd really prefer to get an early version before.

As mentioned, I do believe in publishing often
and not being afraid of draftness. This is how you
make software in a group, for example: people must
get access to each other's code often, or efficiency
drops dramatically.

Being very careful about what you say suits politics,
but IMHO not groupwork on software or a spec :-)

Regards,
         Tanel Tammet