Kyle, I did not claim that every conversation should be on the mailing list.
I do claim that all WG conversations need to be visible and
understandable on the WG email list. And specifically that anything
else is disenfranchising part of the community. Which is what you were
disagreeing with.
Yours,
Joel
On 1/5/2021 1:07 PM, Kyle Rose wrote:
On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 12:53 PM Joel M. Halpern <jmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:jmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
The other is that a number of people have objected to the requirement
that it be possible to effectively participate in all WG discussions
via
email.
This conceit has never been true. Conversations happen one-on-one, as
well as in person. Not every change a document goes through is discussed
on the mailing list, something that was true even in the pre-GitHub era.
Editors even make changes unilaterally, without telling anyone! (Crazy,
right?)
Kyle
