Re: PROPOSAL: Compliancy Level Standardization, Revision 1.

["Ben 'The Con Man' Kahn" <xkahn cybersites com>]

On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Dan "Effugas" Kaminsky wrote:

> >Now, if everyone would just realize the total logic in what I've just
> >said, the debate could end *today* :) Hehehe

> Let nobody say that Bowie and I are lackeys for eachother :-)
> 
> Bowie, any change in the future *will* require a total re-evaluation of the
> conformance guides.
> 
> Lets say we go GC1 through GC4.  Can we really get any more harsher than "If
> an application does not have this feature, it is buggy?"  I mean, ever?
> Yes, I suggest a specific set of requirements for experimental apps, but
> those are a subset of GC1.  If an experiemental app can't cheat a close, for
> example, neither can a standard one.  But an experimental app can often skip
> many GC1 apps and still be "experimental"
> 
> However, in the other direction, we can be less and less stringent about
> requiring features, though human means for evaulation break down around
> 5(that's why scales are given from 1 to 5).  Like I said though, GC5 doesn't
> make sense...GC3 compliance implies GC2 and GC1 compliance, but GC5
> compliance DOES NOT IMPLY 1-4.
> 
> Experimentals provide time for authors to prevent their apps from losing
> certification from one style guide to the next--experimental GC1, for
> instance.
> 
> Anyway, as I was saying, if we suddenly realize we need a new category,
> everything will have to be re-evaluated.  How can we prejudge the category
> of something before knowing if an alternate category exists?

	I think we should name the guidelines with version numbers.  :^)
So..

G98a-1:
G98a-2:
G98a-3:
...

	And then it doesn't matter what order the levels go in.  

						-Ben

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