On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:06:27 +1000, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic
I've been over this thread and couldn't see anywhere where you'd made an attempt to refute these arguments, so I guess you take them as solid. On the other hand, every argument put forward by the pro-restriction group has been picked at and argued against by those against the restriction. That is not a stalemate.
A stalemate occurs when people disagree rather than one side having more compelling arguments. For example, I understand and respect your arguments; I just don't find them compelling enough (since I find it a pain trying to match up different nicks, etc.; though this is to do with the inconsistency you mention above).
So, what's next? Ban anyone hiding behind a nickname on the mailing list? On IRC? On wiki? This will bring you consistency. As a side effect, it will bring to the Haskell community the fame of being one of the most inadequate open source communities. Let's conduct a thought experiment: suppose hackage has just launched and its policy is yet to be decided. Do you find your own arguments compelling enough to accept the policy of Real Name Requirement? Taking into account that this policy is _inconsistent_ with other Haskell resources policy. -- Roman Cheplyaka, who has nothing to hide but hates silly enforcements