From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.5 required=5.0 tests=DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EA14BC6C for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:37:46 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CAJclnEfUGyojdmdsb2JhbACBWI5QAQoKGQkHgRSZHA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,256,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="7291064" Received: from discorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.38]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 27 Jan 2008 15:37:46 +0100 Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m0REbf8E014571 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:37:45 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CAJclnEfUGyojdmdsb2JhbACBWI5QAQoKGQkHgRSZHA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,256,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="7291061" Received: from smtp5-g19.free.fr ([212.27.42.35]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 27 Jan 2008 15:37:41 +0100 Received: from smtp5-g19.free.fr (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp5-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01DDC3F61A5; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:37:41 +0100 (CET) Received: from Llea.celt.neu (ron34-3-82-236-236-194.fbx.proxad.net [82.236.236.194]) by smtp5-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C14553F6171; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:37:40 +0100 (CET) Received: from Llea.celt.neu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Llea.celt.neu (8.14.2/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m0REb04R045516; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:37:00 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from michael.le_barbier@laposte.net) Received: (from michael@localhost) by Llea.celt.neu (8.14.2/8.13.8/Submit) id m0REatji045515; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:36:55 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from michael.le_barbier@laposte.net) X-Authentication-Warning: Llea.celt.neu: michael set sender to michael.le_barbier@laposte.net using -f To: David Teller Cc: OCaml Subject: Re: [Caml-list] [OSR] OCaml Standard Recommandation Process References: <1201440183.6302.27.camel@Blefuscu> From: michaelgrunewald@yahoo.fr (=?iso-8859-15?Q?Micha=EBl_Gr=FCnewald?=) Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:36:50 +0100 Message-ID: <86lk6b9vy5.fsf@Llea.celt.neu> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 479C9735.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 univ-orleans:01 ocaml:01 wiki:01 wiki:01 volunteers:01 caml-list:01 writes:01 suggesting:02 essentially:02 seems:03 let:03 cons:04 somewhere:06 inria:06 David Teller writes: > Dear list, > > As I have mentioned in my previous message, during the OCaml Developer > Days, the INRIA team has made clear that, among other things, the > community is essentially in charge of recommending best practices, > standards, etc. A candidate name has been suggested: "OSR", for "OCaml > Standard Recommandations." > > While we already have a few tools for this kind of discussions, (I'm > thinking about the current mailing-list and the Cocan Wiki), at the > moment, we are lacking organisation and a way of committing to a > decision. > > Let me suggest the following process: > * anyone on this mailing-list may ask for or suggest best practises -- > to do so, please put [OSR] in the header of your e-mail > * after some debate, if one or more solutions have emerged, we put these > solutions on the appropriate page of the Cocan Wiki, with summaries of > pros and cons and an official space for voting and suggesting future > improvements > * if the vote proves conclusive, we move the chosen solution from the > voting stage to some page on that Wiki, say "recommended practises." > > Does this seem an acceptable method ? The method seems acceptable. It could be very stimulating to arrange a weekly appointment on the IRC (or anything else), perspectives and projects could born thanks to the spontaneity of this communication medium. It could also turn out useful to give volunteers to list themselves somewhere, so that people having a project can look there to find a helping hand. --=20 Micha=EBl