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Tom Lord wrote: > By withdrawing, you aren't closing discussion. You're doing your > interlocutors the favor of turning off the clock. It'd be quite > civilized, really. > > I can't speak for others, but I'd be game for a temporary "collections > in scheme" mailing list. Sounds like a good idea. I suspect that it would be more "civilized" without the pressure to get things finalized ASAP, and it would be a better forum for hashing out consensus solutions to the issues raised so far. > As for "last minute" foo: perhaps part of the point of the 6 month > window is not simply to start a deep design discussion at day 1, but > to permit objections a generous opportunity to surface. Indeed, the FAQ says as much in the "What's with all the time periods?" section. -- Bradd W. Szonye http://www.szonye.com/bradd