- From: Robert J Burns <rob@robburns.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 19:00:54 +0200
- To: "Shawn Medero" <shawn@db79.com>
- Cc: "Michael(tm) Smith" <mike@w3.org>, "Steven Faulkner" <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>, "Dan Connolly" <connolly@w3.org>, "Chris Wilson" <Chris.Wilson@microsoft.com>, "Laura Carlson" <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>, "James Graham" <jg307@cam.ac.uk>, www-archive@w3.org, "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net>, "Joshue O Connor" <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
Hi Mike and Shawn, On Jun 5, 2008, at 6:18 PM, Shawn Medero wrote: > On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 8:57 AM, Michael(tm) Smith <mike@w3.org> wrote: >> Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>, 2008-06-05 15:46 +0100: >> >>> Why can't there be a 'proposal tracker' implemented that is open to >>> anyone in the working group to add proposals to, via a form perhaps >>> that asks for certain information about the proposal, so it can then >>> be evaluated and debated by WG members? >> >> It might not actually be difficult at all, and I think we already >> have what may be an appropriate place/tool for it -- The W3C >> public bugzilla: >> >> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/ > <snip> >> >> One particular advantage of the bugzilla setup is that it would >> allow people (even those that are not HTML WG members or members >> of other W3C WGs) to opt-in to particular issues -- and get mail >> only about those issues (and not need to try to follow or filter >> public-html if they don't want to). > > Yes, exactly - this is a great idea Mike. It'll help immensely with > people who are dealing with the HTML WG largely through sources like > public-html-comments, blogs, etc. There might be a use for this, but I think it further splinters the work of the WG. Most of the issues I raised would belong in the main issue-tracker anyway, so it wouldn't do anything to resolve our current dispute over these issues. What's needed for that is actual substantive discussion of those issues. Take care, Rob
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