I agree that's what has been said in discussions on the DP forums. I would argue that intent was not clear from what's been been posted on this list.
From what I've seen, it's hard to stay focused on one concept, because everyone starts dragging in their own concerns on marginally related topics and making those the main focus.
--Andrew On Fri, 12 Feb 2010, Greg Weeks wrote:
On Fri, 12 Feb 2010, Al Haines (shaw) wrote:
Speaking as a Whitewasher (and probably for the other WWers, too), I have absolutely no interest in posting a "preliminary" version of something if a "revised" version is going to appear in a few days/weeks/months, requiring me to re-do the posting process. Ditto for posting a text-only version if an HTML version is in the works.
The proposal isn't to "post" to PG at all, but to something like preprints.readingroo.ms but entirely automated.