Re: [spoon-discuss] The Grid

[Iain Scott <iop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I tried to write a proposal that would do that. About an hour and a half 
> later, having managed to work my way through the first two or three 
> subsections of rule 301, I gave up.
>
> At this point, in order to turn the Grid into something new, we would 
> effectively have to rewrite everything in the rule; trying to do this 
> while we still have the old parts lying around is asking for disaster, as 
> old things that are no longer compatible with new things will come into 
> conflict. The end result should be the same, but the path there will be 
> much easier if we destroy the old rules first.

I suppose what you could do is propose:

{
<repeal everything in p1575 except r301>
Replace r301 with <new stuff>
}

This keeps some sort of continuity with the old grid, in form if not 
substance...

cheers,
Iain

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