Re: ’Pond Jobs & Their Descriptions

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi David,

> My own current concern, as explained in Salzburg

I enjoyed your talk very much.

> is to facilitate completely independent "zones of genius" for the kind of
> half-user/half-programmer that embodies "power users" on the user list,
> people developing complex solutions and engravers in Scheme.

Yes. I’m 100% on board with that. But I personally need to see a complete list 
of granularized tasks/jobs before I can even figure out where *I* best fit in, 
never mind where someone I just met on-list might fit in.

> It won't address the issues we are currently discussing with regard to
> coordinating changes to the core that have the potential to affect
> everyone

I disagree: my whole point is to get a full, highly-detailed "map" of the 
entire ecosystem, core and non-core, so that the discussion can move forward in 
a more rational way.

> With regard to the core, my main approach to the "zones of genius"
> problem is not as much adding functionality but trying to modularize and
> automate interactions between various typesetting elements in a manner
> where they become more predictable and the tendency diminishes to have
> things falling apart on one end as one adds on the other.

That’s a *technical* goal. I’m working on an *organizational* goal [which, 
hopefully, fully supports your technical goal and eases the path to success].

Best,
Kieren.
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