Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Features command for arch

[Tom Lord]

    > From: Andrew Suffield <address@hidden>

    > On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 04:22:53PM -0400, James Blackwell wrote:
    > > >                                                     Who shall be the
    > > > arbitrator of "feature names"?=20
    > >=20
    > > I don't think there will be much need for an arbitrator, but I suppose
    > > that if a controversial name comes up, it can be discussed.

    > This one is a problem I regularly have to face with IRC. The solution
    > is simple:

I'm intrinsicly skeptical of any solution that based on analogizing
the issue to anything as inconsequential as IRC nicknames.

Consequences of confusing nicknames: nearly none.

Consequences of software management tools flaking out: potentially infinite.

-t