Re: Can we finish this?

["Bradley T. Hughes" <bhughes tcac net>]

On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Havoc Pennington wrote:

> Hi everyone, 
> 
> We really need to get an initial specification finalized. I think this is
> what you need to do:
> 
>  - limit yourselves to the current de facto standard stuff, perhaps 
>    cleaned up as needed. Don't try to add fancy new features in v. 1.0,
>    you can have later iterations with the new features. I'm not sure 
>    you want to standardize things until they've been experimented with
>    anyway, unless they are trivial and obvious.
>
>  - someone needs to keep posting the latest spec to the list, asking for 
>    objections; if none, then it's finished; if there are objections, 
>    revise and re-post within a day or two. Repeat until finished.
> 
> I don't know a damn thing about window management but if no one else is
> going to get it done I'll step up and start doing this after I return from
> Japan in a couple weeks. However if someone with a clue would like to take
> the lead, please do so.
> 
> Havoc

here in a few days, i plan on putting the finishing touches on a proposal
for this list... i need to write the actual "white paper" stuff for it...
right now all of my ideas are in code :)



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Bradley T. Hughes <bhughes@tcac.net>