On 27 Oct 2010, at 01:39, Nick Hilliard wrote:
My own opinion is that the advantages are quite significant. The disadvantages certainly exist, but are less significant. Therefore I support the proposal.
+1
There is no right answer for a proposal like this. Contention for scarce resources is fundamentally contentious. We just have to live with that.
I agree. There is no perfect solution and I hope we can give up on that quest. So let's settle for something that's good enough -- ie 2010-02 -- and get on with it. There will always be some way for a consensus policy to be gamed. So it's better to have ways of detecting that and acting on it instead of looking for a policy that is immune to manipulation. And have that in place before v4 runs out.
If it turns out that significant implementation problems arise, the proposal can be changed. Nothing is set in stone.
True. Though I doubt this matters. If there are implementation difficulties, these should act as a natural brake on depletion. And anyway the chances are v4 will be gone by the time a revised policy could be adopted. I'm also unsure if strict checks on access the near-empty v4 shelves in the corner shop will matter much when there's a hypermarket next door that's over-filled with v6.