Re: Rules: A Modest Proposal

* Kevin Grittner (Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov) wrote:
> >Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> wrote:
> > Do we have a patch which implements the necessary mechanics to
> > replace RULEs, even for the specific situations you list? Until
> > then, I don't think there's much to discuss.
>
> I thought that until we had discussion and consensus it was premature
> to start working on a patch....

In general that's true, but in this case we're talking about removing a
pretty major feature and replacing it with something else. We havn't
got the 'something else' hammered out yet (or so it sounds to me..) and
I have doubts that we'd be able to really make a call on removing RULEs
until we know and have the specifics of what's replacing it.

That might be possible to do without a patch, but it requires a great
deal more documentation, planning, and information in general before a
decision could be made. Specifically, what people will actually do to
implement the things that RULEs used to provide.

Thanks,

Stephen