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Re: [XBL] Case Sensitivity of Namespace Prefixes

From: Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:02:51 +0200
Message-Id: <1C75ED53-4A07-4260-B53E-2BD77798E194@berjon.com>
Cc: public-appformats@w3.org
To: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>

On Jun 21, 2007, at 15:14, Lachlan Hunt wrote:
>   Since the CSSWG recently resolved [1] to let the case sensitivity  
> of namespace prefixes in selectors be defined by the mechanism used  
> to declare them, I think you should make namespace prefixes for  
> selectors used in XBL, which are declared using xmlns, be case  
> sensitive.

An alternative but potentially more fruitful and certainly more  
relaxing approach would be to take a solid iron bar and visit every  
single member of the CSS WG responsible this braindead decision and  
try to knock the stupidity out of them, until they revert it. After  
all, the process says consensus, it doesn't say how.

-- 
Robin Berjon - http://berjon.com/
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