Agenda Item for next F2F - Reverting changes to TextTrackCue in master branch

Dear Chairs,

It is requested that you add to the agenda for the next F2F an item to
discuss reverting the change sets cited below [1][2], as announced in [3].
While Cox supports the process of separating VTT specific APIs from the
more generic TextTrackCue API, we oppose certain changes that introduce
backward compatibilities, including:

(1) the removal of the TextTrackCue constructor;
(2) the removal of the text attribute;
(3) the removal of the getCueAsHTML() operation;

We note that these members are in active use by the industry and that this
change creates an unacceptable backwards incompatibility that has not been
adequately considered by the HTML WG.

If there is a desire to make such a change, we suggest that a Bug be filed
by the proponents along with a Change Proposal that lays out the case for
such a change. If and when such a CP appears, we will be happy to provide a
Zero Change Proposal counter-proposal to such a change.

Regards,
Glenn Adams (for CoxCom)

[1]
https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/586ae3996fdce5d9f71cbe57a08759fce7b26d8f
[2] https://github.com/w3c/html/bdae138d123ddb73586eb8d7f39761ec93e3aa28
[3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2013Apr/0027.html