Re: [idn] SUMMARY: reordering strawpoll

[David Hopwood <david.hopwood@zetnet.co.uk>]

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Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine wrote:
> Bruce Thomson wrote:
> > Obviously ACE versioning would allow re-ordering as an optional feature.
> > But this doesn't really satisfy the people who objected on the basis of
> > complexity, does it?
> 
> Nope.

Indeed it wouldn't.

> ...
> > Sorry, I can't understand this. Can't you say things more simply?
> 
> If yes, (versioning) then the working docs delta, for example, a scope rule
> may be required, this was [35] in the requirements draft, versions 4, and
> [30] in versions 5 and 6, so that scopes may be associated with versions.

I feel it necessary to point out that versioning of ACE algorithms is not
part of any documented proposal, and it introduces even more problems than
reordering does.

The options that were put forward were:
 - a fixed ACE algorithm (provisionally AMC-Z) with reordering,
 - a fixed ACE algorithm (provisionally AMC-Z) without reordering.

If anyone wants to propose any other option, they should write a detailed
spec for it. Otherwise, it is the chairs' responsibility to interpret the
consensus of the group as supporting exactly one of these two options
(subject to the RFC 2026 appeals process, of course).

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