The future of "Transitional": Japanese concern

[Francis Cave]

Murata-san

I agree that meeting the needs of users should be a paramount concern. We
have to find ways of meeting the needs of users, while at the same time
preserving a consistent and coherent view of what the standard does or does
not contain. 

The question is not whether or not to add these features, but whether or not
add them to T. Clearly these features will be added to S and therefore to
Part 1. I think that our concern is essentially with the definition of T and
its relationship with S. Assuming we can reach agreement on this, I don't
think there will be any particular difficulty in deciding how to add new
features of all kinds, provided there is a clear user requirement for them.

Regards,

Francis




> -----Original Message-----
> From: MURATA Makoto (FAMILY Given) [mailto:eb2m-mrt at asahi-net.or.jp]
> Sent: 19 November 2009 15:50
> To: 'SC 34 WG4'
> Subject: Re: The future of "Transitional": Japanese concern
> 
> Francis,
> 
> (Wearing my Japanese hat)
> 
> >  new feature,
> 
> I don't really care whether or not what I want to introduce is a new
> feature.  Japanese users need it.  Japan does not see any real problems
> (as opposed to theoretical problems) in allowing it.  No mattter how
> you
> call it, Japan won't give up.
> 
> Cheers,
> Makoto