That means I'm not sure how to vote on the current proposal as it
currently stands. I'd rather not have to do a second GR just to clarify
the timing of implementation given the upcoming release. Maybe there's
still time to address that directly? Also, there is absolutely nothing
wrong with temporarily withdrawing a GR (or even having it fail because we
didn't realize in previous debian-project discussions that we'd not fully
worked through the idea yet), and then bringing it back up when we have an
implementation plan.
IMHO this whole discussion is *ideally* suited for an in-person exchange of ideas at the upcoming Debconf in France :D
There we could have first a high level panel session on what the different ideological positions on this question are, what is the basic thinking there and thus what are the clusters of options for Debian to take. And following on that we could have a technical session where a specific GR covering those options could be worded out and the implementation consequences of each detailed.
There is no specific reason for Debian to rush into having a specific position on this, is there?