[docbook-tc] alternatives

[Paul Grosso <pgrosso@arbortext.com>]

At 15:13 2002 09 17 -0400, Norman Walsh wrote:
>DocBook Technical Committee Meeting Minutes: 17 Sep 2002
>=======================================================


>|     609061 Add new Step sibling element Alternative


>NW: Maybe a couple of straw polls will help us settle the issues.
>
>Poll 1: The proposal as written attempts to prevent alternatives from occurring
>recursively (that is, a step with alternatives occurring as a descendent of some
>other alternative step). Are you in favor of allowing or excluding alternatives:
>
>  Allow: 4, Exclude: 2, Abstain: 3


I would go so far as to say that, if we exclude alternatives
within alternatives, I would vote against this entire proposal.  

I see no reason to add all this new stuff if we are going to make 
it so useless, and not allowing alternatives within steps within 
alternatives makes the proposal useless in my opinion to say 
nothing of more confusing for users ("why can't I have an alternative
here when I can have it there?").

paul