[swift-evolution] Swift phases and mis-timed proposals

[John McCall]

> On Jun 13, 2017, at 3:22 AM, David Sweeris <davesweeris at mac.com> wrote:
>> On Jun 13, 2017, at 12:18 AM, John McCall via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org>> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Jun 13, 2017, at 1:08 AM, Jacob Bandes-Storch via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org>> wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 9:31 PM, Paul Cantrell via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org>> wrote:
>>> I support everything Jon wrote.
>>> 
>>> +1 Free-for-all brainstorming venue separate from focused proposal discussion.
>>> 
>>> +1, particularly for this being a section in Discourse ;-)
>> 
>> You posted this with a wink, but I think it's actually quite important.  I see some value in having a "sounding board" area where people can talk through ideas that maybe aren't anywhere close to proposal yet
> 
> FWIW, I’ve had a few off-list discussions of that nature and found them to be incredibly valuable.

I'm certainly not trying to discourage anyone from having off-list discussions.  Have a conversation whenever and wherever it strikes you.  But I do think it would be really unfortunate to try to set somewhere else up as a permanent alternative venue.

John.

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