Re: updated editor's draft of the Geolocation API specification

On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Max Froumentin <maxfro@opera.com> wrote:
> Hi Andrei,
>
> On 4. juni. 2009, at 12.49, Andrei Popescu wrote:
>>
>> I've just updated the editor drafts of the Geolocation API spec:
>
> I notice that RFC2119 is not in the bibliography, even though there's a link
> to it in the spec.
>

Good point, fixed.

>> I'd like to take the opportunity to remind you to consider the
>> question in the following email:
>>
>> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-geolocation/2009Jun/0000.html
>>
>> and express your opinion. I would like to close this issue asap and
>> move the spec to the next stage. We are already behind schedule.
>
> For what it's worth, I am in also favour of not including the additional
> sentence. For the reasons you mention, but also because prose of the form
> "this specification doesn't mandate a way to... however one way might
> be...", although not strictly contradictory, very often leads to confusion.
> Secondly, the particular time-scoping solution mentioned suggests awkward
> user interaction, and might influence implementers the wrong way.
>

I agree 100%.

Thanks,
Andrei