Re: [office] The Rule of Least Power

[robert_weir@us.ibm.com]

Thomas Zander <T.Zander@nokia.com> wrote on 02/12/2009 05:20:16 AM:
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> I've asked in another mail for your reason to drive this proposal. 
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> a usecase where the current ODF conformity clause will give us headaces. 
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> don't see them and I will never be convinced to take away useful and 
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> features unless I see a good reason where it ends up hurting more.

Sorry, we must have missed each other's messages in the traffic.  I 
addressed the specific kinds of problems caused by the general mechanism 
in this note:

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/200902/msg00070.html

Now, you might very well say, "But here are N specific examples where this 
is not a problem".  But that proves my point.  If those N specific 
examples can be written using a more targeted extension mechanism, then we 
can get the benefits without the liabilities.

-Rob