Re: Draft Charter

[Cat Okita <cat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007, Yoav Nir wrote:
> > I believe that most users who have multiple TAAs could set an order for 
> > precedence to them. I also think writing software to act on the precedence 
> > is quite straightforward: the two rules are "only allow delete proposals 
> > from TAAs at the same level or higher as the TAA who added this TA" and "if 
> > a TA has been deleted, only allow it to be re-added by a TAA at the same 
> > level or higher than the one who deleted it".
> >
> > Does this simplification seem like a good one?
>
> I would rather have a system where each TAA manages the TAs that it has 
> added, with provisions for multiple additions and deletions. I don't think 
> precedence is a good simplification.

I agree - precedence is a poor simplification, especially if we encounter
cases where differing precedence is desired (eg:  precedence for web
trust varies according to the site being contacted).

cheers!
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