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Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com> writes:

> Thanks everyone for the revived discussion here. I think I agree, this
> series is not going in the right direction. Additionally, our internal
> use case for this change has evaporated, so let's just drop the series.
> We can pick it up again later if interest returns.

OK.  Let's scrap it for now.

The "internal use case" behind a proposed feature changing so
quickly is a bit worrying.  What is good for this project should
ideally be good for everybody, not only for satisfying a particular
$CORP needs of the day.  But I think the idea of giving enhanced
visibility into stakeholder companies directions and priorities
Emily (I think?)  floated during the contributors' summit may help
reduce such a risk, hopefully.

Thanks.