One question is: “can we afford to let this hold us back?”
I want to see this project having a positive impact soon. I’m waiting for years.
We discuss this topic now for 3 weeks (?) and i haven’t seen much new information. It’s more like trying to explain the same thing over and over again. I still have the same opinion as before. It’s even stronger since i can argue better for it. For me, it’s 100% clear what the right decision is. I’m tired of repeating myself.
To finish this topic, we could just do a democratic vote and let the majority decide. But i would be very unhappy if my opinion don’t win, because i fear that means less success for the project. Maybe the other side thinks the same, so a consensus would be better. But i don’t see how we can come to a point where we agree on how to proceed.
With more effort, we can actually do a (small) study. We can ask scientists for help. Maybe the people involved in Talk: "Analyzing Tens of Terabytes of Public Trace Data & Open Source Sustainabil" would like to work with us on it.
We should decide how much time we want to invest here.