Re: CfC: Candidate Recommendation of XMLHttpRequest; deadline July 13

I support it too.

On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:00:06 +0200, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote:
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>> I support this publication.
>
> So does Opera
>
> Chaals
>
>> On Jul 6, 2010, at 7:19 AM, Arthur Barstow wrote:
>>
>>> Anne has now integrated the CR's exit criteria and text about security
>>> considerations into the version proposed for CR:
>>>
>>> [[
>>> http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/XMLHttpRequest/#crec
>>>
>>> Candidate Recommendation Exit Criteria
>>>
>>> To exit the Candidate Recommendation (CR) stage the following criteria
>>> must have been met:
>>>
>>>  1. There will be at least two interoperable implementations passing all
>>> test cases in the test suite for this specification. An implementation is to
>>> be available (i.e. for download), shipping (i.e. not private), and not
>>> experimental (i.e. intended for a wide audience). The working group will
>>> decide when the test suite is of sufficient quality to test
>>> interoperability.
>>>
>>>  2. A minimum of six months of the CR stage will have elapsed. This is to
>>> ensure that enough time is given for any remaining major errors to be
>>> caught. The CR period will be extended if implementations are slow to
>>> appear.
>>>
>>>  3. Text, which can be in a separate document, exists that explains the
>>> security considerations for this specification. This may be done in a
>>> generic manner as they are most likely applicable to various APIs. The
>>> working group will decide whether the text is of sufficient quality.
>>>
>>> An update to this draft will point to the test suite.
>>> ]]
>>>
>>> As such, the comment period for this Call for Consensus is extended to
>>> July 13.
>>>
>>> As with all of our CfCs, positive response is preferred and encouraged
>>> and silence will be assumed to be assent.
>>>
>>> -Art Barstow
>>>
>>> On 6/15/10 1:03 PM, Arthur Barstow wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This is a Call for Consensus to publish a Candidate Recommendation of
>>>> XMLHttpRequest:
>>>>
>>>>   http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/XMLHttpRequest/
>>>>
>>>> The comment period for the 19 November 2009 LCWD of XHR [LC] ended 16
>>>> December 2009 and the disposition of comments for this LCWD is:
>>>>
>>>>   http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/XMLHttpRequest/disposition-of-comments-3
>>>>
>>>> During this CfC review period, Anne and Thomas agreed to work on the
>>>> Security Considerations issue and others are welcome to contribute.
>>>>
>>>> A test suite has not been agreed by the Working Group, and will not be
>>>> required for the CR to be published. However, agreeing on a test suite
>>>> will be part of the work we will do before this spec can move further
>>>> than CR.
>>>>
>>>> The Editor's Draft does not yet include CR exit criteria. I would expect
>>>> the criteria to be similar to our previous CRs i.e. require a thorough
>>>> test suite and at least two implementations that pass all tests. (We can
>>>> discuss the criteria separately.)
>>>>
>>>> This CfC satisfies: a) the group's requirement to "record the group's
>>>> decision to request advancement" to CR; and b) "General Requirements for
>>>> Advancement on the Recommendation Track" as defined in the Process
>>>> Document:
>>>>
>>>>   http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr.html#transition-reqs
>>>>
>>>> As with all of our CfCs, positive response is preferred and encouraged
>>>> and silence will be assumed to be assent. The deadline for comments is
>>>> June 30.
>>>>
>>>> -Art Barstow
>>>>
>>>> [LC] http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-XMLHttpRequest-20091119/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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