> For everything you propose to add, you would then also need to propose something to remove. There are surely lots of features the proposer would be willing t

> For everything you propose to add, you would then also need to propose something to remove. There are surely lots of features the proposer would be willing to remove (although one also has to define how to count the number of features, or else every proposal, no matter how long, will be for one giant feature, and will propose removing one tiny feature in return). The problem is that what I consider dispensable in return for my essential proposal will conflict with what the next programmer over considers essential ….