Re: [public-webapps] Comment on Widget URI (3)

• From: timeless <timeless@gmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:21:48 +0200
• To: Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com>
• Cc: Larry Masinter <masinter@adobe.com>, "public-webapps@w3.org WG" <public-webapps@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <26b395e60912151621s7db6d33bv88a2bce95acdf7c0@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com> wrote:
> The term "drive-by comment" is one made against a specification in passing without the diligence and conscientiousness to participate in the follow-up discussion; and typically to then re-iterate it later. I believe that the term was coined during the denial of service by LC-comment conducted against SVG Tiny 1.2 — I may have mistakenly taken its usage to be more widespread.

For the record, drive-by commenting exists in bugzilla.mozilla.org,
along with drive-by reviewing (a form of commenting where one gives a
review, typically negative).

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