[r6rs-discuss] R5RS is not a baseline

[Matthias Felleisen]

On Feb 19, 2009, at 4:31 PM, r6rs-discuss-request at lists.r6rs.org wrote:

> It sounds like some people are afraid that some	of
> the changes made in the R6RS wouldn't be supported
> by 75%, so they'd prefer to regard the 65% who voted
> to ratify the R6RS as the ultimate arbiters.


1. What super-duper majority do people need to accept that a vote has  
been decided?

2. I don't think the word 'baseline' should be taken as  
'unmodifiable, every feature stays.' Instead, I can see a voting  
procedure. If 60% of voters wish to remove a feature, it should go  
away. Or something like that.

3. Baseline means that you don't repeat all the discussions for all  
the changes. You focus on the bad parts and leave the good parts alone.

-- Matthias