bugmaniacbob
Was fun while it lasted
It's hard to say anything on the subject without having a vague idea about what this "conclusion" is going to be or what form it is likely to take - the whole of this topic is pretty wide-ranging and if we're concentrating on a particular area then trying to cover everything is a waste of time. If you are planning on implementing some form of procedure or new infrastructure to accommodate the CAP metagame, we can comment on it; if you're setting forward a set of long-term goals, we can comment on that; if you want us to merely agree on a philosophical standpoint to move forward from, then we can comment on that. But there's not a lot to say without some idea of what to expect from this conclusion, or what it might cover or else ignore.So, I've had some words with Deck, and between this topic not having seen any real discussion for a while and the fact that it seems that most people are on the same page here, we will probably be ready to post a conclusion fairly soon. With that said, I'm just going to put a preliminary 48 hour warning on this thread. If anyone has anything else important to say on this topic, please get it in before then.
And, yes, I surmise that the deadline is for any further comments on the topic in general, and yet I can't help but feel that the discussion thus far is not something that any conclusions can be drawn from, given the lack of engagement with existing problems or positive proposals to overcome them. Thus if there are ideas in your conclusion that have not yet been posted in this thread, they should be posted now, so that we can comment on and possibly improve them. On the other hand, if the conclusion is simply a summary of discussion thus far, I see no reason to not simply post it now - if the thread will remain open regardless until the next PRC cycle (do correct me if I'm wrong, but that's the impression I got from the other thread) then that is surely ample time in which for anybody who wants to add another point of view to have their say.