RE: Assumptions about UA default style sheets

fantasai wrote: 
> Not 
> only would importing the entire Appendix D stylesheet 
> complicate our tests unnecessarily, it won't solve the 
> problem where a UA fails because it adds *extra* rules to its 
> UA style sheet. Appendix D does not reset everything to its 
> initial value.

Doh, the salient point indeed.

Markus said:
> Tests that go beyond the spec need to be agreed upon by the WG. 
> I do not want to create a sub-culture where the test suite dictates 
> behavior that has not been explained anywhere

Strongly agree. This was my (in this case apparently unfounded) concern.

And fantasai said (and David agreed):
> I would rather continue with the WG's prior decision on this 
> issue, which was to deal with it on a case-by-case basis.

Yes; I'm not sure what this really means, but I guess this isn't the
case that will help us work through it. ;-) I'll point the folks in
question to the responses on this list in hopes that will help.

Best wishes,

Melinda

Received on Thursday, 28 June 2007 18:59:10 UTC