[r6rs-discuss] R5RS is not a baseline

[Marijn Schouten (hkBst)]

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John Cowan wrote:
> William D Clinger scripsit:
> 
>> The question is how to proceed.  Should we take the
>> R6RS as our base document, for example, and argue
>> over what to remove?  Or should we take a smaller
>> document as our base, and decide which parts of the
>> R6RS should be added?
> 
> In the presence of supermajorities, that question is truly critical.
> With majority votes,  it doesn't matter that much.

Only if you require a supermajority for every change. If a supermajority of 80%
is needed to approve a new feature, only a 20% micromajority should be needed to
get rid of a feature.

Marijn


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Marijn Schouten (hkBst), Gentoo Lisp project, Gentoo ML
<http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/lisp/>, #gentoo-{lisp,ml} on FreeNode
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