Re: Why "Platform Core" and "HTML5" are in the same spec

I am volunteering to prepare this proposal. I will also separately  
report detailed issues with the offline caching behavior as specified  
in the current draft.

Nikunj
On Nov 23, 2008, at 3:39 AM, Julian Reschke wrote:

> Ian Hickson wrote:
>> ...
>>> If they are not final-with-implementations, then there may well be  
>>> feedback and editing changes that Nikunj is offering to deal with.
>> Given the small amount of work that is involved here, it really  
>> wouldn't help us move the spec along faster.
>> ...
>
> But it would result in a smaller HTML5 spec, and potentially that  
> new spec to be published earlier.
>
>>> If they are final-with-implementations, and can't really be  
>>> changed, then it makes sense to split them out and publish them
>> I agree, and would be happy to do that once we have less pressing  
>> matters.
>
> It seems that there is disagreement about what matters are pressing.
>
> I'd recommend that Nikunj makes a concrete proposal (in particular  
> what parts to extract) to the list and the chairs, which we can then  
> review and decide upon.
>
>>> so people won't waste time suggesting implausible changes.
>> That hasn't been a problem so far for those sections (with the  
>> exception of some suggestions from Nikunj himself).
>
> We're talking about an editor, not an author. I wouldn't expect the  
> editor Nikunj to make non-editorial changes without the support of  
> the WG.
>
>> ...
>
> BR, Julian