[EAI] Poll for MIME type - revised schedule and details

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald at alvestrand.no>]

Hello folks,

after the discussions both on- and off-list after Chicago, we seem to have 
reached the following conclusions:

- In the list of MIME types, there are people who see actual technical 
issues with the MIME types - some are issues of style ("we don't do things 
that way"), others are issues of perception ("that will make the thing look 
silly in 5 years"), but they are very real issues that we should consider 
carefully.

- In the IETF tradition, we don't do voting - we do do opinion polls, and 
even allow close calls when it is more important to draw a conclusion than 
which one is chosen - but we never do anonymous polls. People are expected 
to stand for their opinions.

- Documented technical issues, where there's consensus that the issue is 
adequately described and merits consideration, always overrule opinions.

Based on this background, the process we will follow is as follows:

- FIRST, we need to have documented the issues perceived with the MIME type 
choice. I'm asking people to do that via mail to the mailing list, between 
now and FRIDAY, AUGUST 17.

- On FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, I will send out a message announcing the poll. This 
will ask you to rank *all* the alternatives for MIME type, reflecting your 
opinion of the technical issues raised on the list - that is, if you think 
an issue is very important, you put *all* the choices that are on one side 
of the issue first, and *all* the choices that are on the other side last.

- On FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, at 0800 GMT, the poll closes. (This chair will be 
away over the weekend, so the final result is unlikely to be announced 
until late the week after. But a week should be long enough for people to 
make up their minds.)
The result will consist of the "best" choice according to a Condorcet 
ranking of the preferences, with a Schultze tie-breaker if necessary, and 
will include the complete record of who-said-what (no secret ballot).

- If the result is acceptable to the WG, we're done. If not, we figure out 
some other way.

Seems OK?

            Harald Alvestrand







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