Re: [Fenfire-dev] Jodi article, deadlines

[Tuomas Lukka]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 02:00:04PM +0300, Benja Fallenstein wrote:
> Tuomas Lukka wrote:
> >How about a policy: if we don't have a *full* draft two weeks
> >before a deadline, for circulating to people we know in the field
> >for the comments, we just forget about the deadline?
> 
> How about an additional policy: if we don't have a *first* draft, with 
> all the sections filled with text but too shabby to send around, e.g. 
> vital explanations missing etc., one week before we want to send around 
> (i.e., 3w before deadline), we just forget about it?
> 
> This would have helped e.g. with this article, I think, where what we 
> had when submitting was first-draft quality in many places.

I think this might be too strict; just "french lines" (i.e. bullet points)
should be enough for a first draft. And the time should be flexible:
how about "We shall *seriously consider* whether we can make it".

        Tuomas