- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:51:21 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Elliott Sprehn <esprehn@gmail.com>
- Cc: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Tue, 10 Apr 2007, Elliott Sprehn wrote: > > My question is where you stand if the HTML WG goes a different route on > an issue. Those emails state that the WHATWG, and you, will ensure the > two specs are synchronized and that the WHATWG spec is, at most, a > superset, but not the means by which you intend to reach this goal. > > Are you going to pressure the HTML WG to follow the WHATWG's design and > decisions ensuring its a subset, or are you going to change the WHATWG's > spec so it remains a superset? Even if the HTML group doesn't take the WHATWG spec as a base and agree to have me as editor, I'm still going to be a member of the HTML group, and would still argue for what I think the spec should say, which would be based on all the input that I take into account when writing the WHATWG spec -- I wouldn't characterise that as pressuring the HTML group, though. Does that make sense? -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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