Paul Eggert via tz said:
Unfortunately, the equity issue has broadened and is now visible outside our little community, and I really and sincerely doubt whether it'd be a good idea for us to do nothing about it now. We need to establish that we are fixing the problem and are not deferring action to a never-never land of arcane bureaucracy, and we need to do so in terms that will be clear to outsiders.
Paul, I don't recall this "equity" issue being raised on the list until the current set of threads. You say it's been going on for several years, and I don't doubt that, but I don't recall any of it. You say here that it's "visible outside our little community" and you said in another email that you'd been receiving emails on the topic. Perhaps it would help if you could share with us some of these emails or other messages that indicate the presence of a problem and exactly what the problem is as seen by outsiders/lurkers. At present it's obvious that the meaning of "equity" isn't agreed by the whole list. You clearly have a meaning in your head, and also think that you're required to act in accordance with that meaning. A clearer statement of the meaning and examples of what these others think is the issue would help the debate going forward. -- Clive D.W. Feather | If you lie to the compiler, Email: clive@davros.org | it will get its revenge. Web: http://www.davros.org | - Henry Spencer Mobile: +44 7973 377646