From owner-sc22wg5+sc22wg5-dom8=www.open-std.org@open-std.org Fri Mar 29 21:34:27 2013 Return-Path: X-Original-To: sc22wg5-dom8 Delivered-To: sc22wg5-dom8@www.open-std.org Received: by www.open-std.org (Postfix, from userid 521) id 01ED4356D97; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:34:25 +0100 (CET) Delivered-To: sc22wg5@open-std.org Received: from mail.jpl.nasa.gov (smtp.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.139.109]) by www.open-std.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1DC335694E for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:34:21 +0100 (CET) Received: from [137.79.7.57] (math.jpl.nasa.gov [137.79.7.57]) by smtp.jpl.nasa.gov (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id r2TKYJmZ008896 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256 bits) verified NO) for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:34:19 -0700 Subject: Thought's on Nick's thoughts From: Van Snyder Reply-To: Van.Snyder@jpl.nasa.gov To: sc22wg5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Organization: Yes Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:34:19 -0700 Message-ID: <1364589259.7736.5038.camel@math.jpl.nasa.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 (2.28.3-30.el6) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Source-Sender: Van.Snyder@jpl.nasa.gov X-AUTH: Authorized Sender: owner-sc22wg5@open-std.org Precedence: bulk Nick wrote: 6.3) While I believe that the time has come to do it properly, I accept the argument that this would derail the schedule. If we can't convince ourselves that we've done it properly, it would be far better to derail the schedule than to proceed half-baked. [6.3](c) try to avoid taking decisions that will prevent a proper solution later. This is extremely important. I would make it stronger: "Do not take a decision if we are not convinced it will prevent a proper solution later." This means, "if you're not sure the bridge won't collapse, don't step onto it." This is very different from "don't step onto the bridge if you think it might collapse."