Re: snapshots
jamsden@us.ibm.com
Mon, 5 Apr 1999 22:38:59 -0400
From: jamsden@us.ibm.com
To: "Sankar Virdhagriswaran" <sv@crystaliz.com>
cc: ietf-dav-versioning@w3.org
Message-ID: <8525674B.000EC904.00@d54mta03.raleigh.ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 22:38:59 -0400
Subject: Re: snapshots
Sankar,
We, the members of the design team, would like to apologize for our
shortsightedness in keeping our communications on configurations and other
issues private. This was mostly caused by a mistaken impression that we
were going to figure out the details and publish a spec and didn't want to
bother everyone with our ramblings. The other really stupid reason is many
of us have just been using the wrong mail alias. Finally, WebDAV versioning
is becoming more formalized with the introduction of the DELTA-V working
group. I hope you will see lots more public email discussing configurations
and other issues.
The teleconferences are intended to help us make faster progress than we
can over email. Sometimes it is very hard to communicate, especially with
low bandwidth and time delays. I am keeping a database of all issues and
their resolutions. Unfortunately, this is a Notes database and I'm still
trying to figure out some way to make it public. In any case, I will send
out each new entry and response to the mailing list.
Again, sorry about the missed communication. The input of others is very
valuable, and often carries more weight than that of design team members as
we all have vested interests in our contributions.
"Sankar Virdhagriswaran" <sv@crystaliz.com> on 04/05/99 09:06:39 PM
To: "Versioning" <ietf-dav-versioning@w3.org>
cc: ejw@ics.uci.edu (bcc: Jim Amsden/Raleigh/IBM)
Subject: Re: snapshots
I have to really issue a *very strong* protest to the design team. It is
close to impossible for me to track responses and the interactions with the
kind of batch forwarding that is going on. This is *not* conducive to an
open process.
Furthermore, one cannot go to the archive and see the discussion thread
since most messages are being forwarded by Jim.
Please! stop this.
I appreciate what Jim is doing and I appreciate him taking the time.
However, others in the design team should take it up on themselves to keep
the process transparent.