Re: Levels and modular structure

On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 5:42 AM, Christoph Päper
<christoph.paeper@crissov.de> wrote:
> Tab Atkins Jr.:
>> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 3:32 AM, Christoph Päper
>>
>>> A major problem remains, though, in that some but not all parts of the monolithic level 2 specification have been moved into modules.
>>
>> Why is that a problem?
>
> It means that modules have to normatively reference all (or nothing) of CSS level 2 (revision 1). Accordingly, conforming implementations of such a module would have to support CSS 2.1 completely. (Actually it probably wouldn’t have to but it’s somewhat implied.)

I must ask again: why is that a problem?  That's *intended*.


>> I see nothing wrong with a splitting a module so that a piece contains only part of the down-level spec.
>
> That’s fine, as long as there is another piece with the other parts.

Well, yeah.  Unless you're deprecating a feature, of course all of the
previous-level parts should exist in *some* module.

~TJ