I’ve found the forums interesting and lively over the past few weeks, with quite a few reveals and unexpected developments playing out.
I see the community putting forward constructive and substantive proposals, carrying out critical analyses, sharing relevant material from beyond the forums, and engaging in respectful dialogue.
I share @kjetilk’s diagnosis that some degree of repetitiveness in the most recent week or two may be the result of issues not clearly being responded to, except perhaps obliquely in posts on the OSI blog.
With regard to the very helpful open issues thread, for instance, I found the absence of OSI engagement or acknowledgement remarkable.
The main (again oblique) response to this I see is in @nick’s admonition, above, to “focus on moving the conversation forward by bringing new ideas or perspectives.”
But that is not moving the conversation forward — it is changing the topic.
Perhaps the persistence of the can of worms that is data sharing is not to the liking of those who want to rush to a release, but it won’t be gone just by looking away.