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Am 02.04.2013 01:55, schrieb robert_weir@us.ibm.com: > Generally there is a preference for defining clearly things rather than > giving examples, where at all possible. Specifying something and then > giving examples is a practice that has the potential for introducing > additional ambiguities. You can ...

Am 06.11.2012 16:12, schrieb robert_weir@us.ibm.com: > 1) Does it make sense to specify requirements for numeric calculations > that are not guaranteed to yield identical results? I'd say yes, and we > already do this. OpenFormula does not mandate a particular floating > point processing model, or precision. ...

Am 25.10.2012 23:57, schrieb robert_weir@us.ibm.com: >> In principle parties are free to implement earlier incarnations of the >> format. > Yes. But that is not really an argument for deciding what additions we > put into ODF 1.3. You appear concerned that parties are capable to support a next gen feature ...

Dear Rob, Am 22.10.2012 21:25, schrieb robert_weir@us.ibm.com: >> I'd like to suggest that we do this based on the existence of >> *multiple implementations* of the new capability, or at least of >> committed plans of multiple implementers to implement the new capability. In principle parties are free ...

Am 18.09.2012 05:59, schrieb Louis Suárez-Potts: >> Thanks but I can't help feeling this is bureaucratic nonsense just because I >> didn't put the right words in that mail. >> >> Oh well it's not like we vote often enough to make it important to me. >> > One does not know where to begin with that attitude. ...