[merlincorey]

The second link provided here has a little overview of Daphne's thoughts on why things are dragging on:

> The establishment of the central issue tracker is, I reckon, more to blame for the current disputes. The old model of periodic ballots provided the community with focus; the issue tracker has the problem that, since all currently outstanding problems are listed in one place, any such problem can become a focus of attention at any time, and then arguments about the details of that problem erupt. John has observed in #scheme that the more into detail we get, the more we seem to argue, which seems accurate. It has also, in practice, become a place where issues related to the Foundations only are discussed, and work on the Batteries has mostly stalled. Mea culpa!