- From: Charles Pritchard <chuck@visc.us>
- Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 13:19:07 -0800
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- CC: Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com>, public-webapps <public-webapps@w3.org>
On 12/6/2010 1:08 PM, Ian Hickson wrote: > On Mon, 6 Dec 2010, Arthur Barstow wrote: >> Since Hixie is active on HTML, perhaps someone else is willing to pick >> one of these LCs and to review the issues, bugs, diffs, etc. and propose >> the next step . Any volunteers? > I am responding to feedback on these specs, just not on the schedule I > described earlier this year. (For instance, I just committed a change to > Web Storage.) My lack of urgency on getting things to CR stems primarily > from my disillusionment with the entire process; Web specs should just be > continuously maintained, having snapshots on the TR/ page seems to have > only one positive side-effect, and that's the effect on the patent policy. > Other than that it just provides a distraction that implementors and > authors can end up referencing instead of the more up-to-date and > continually maintained draft. > > The drafts are actively maintained, and feedback is tracked and addressed. > It's just not done with the goal of reaching the TR/ page, but rather with > the goal of fostering interoperable implementations. > Static section numbers, and patent policy are quite important to the lawyer crowd. I agree, it's just one positive side-effect, but it's a big one.
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