Re: New Draft of Web MIDI Spec?

I’ll wait to hear from the editors, but of course I’d love to get the ball rolling (I’ll need a bit of help understanding the mechanics of same).

…Joe

On Feb 9, 2015, at 1:07 PM, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org> wrote:

> Hey, folks–
> 
> I was informed that the Editor's Draft link on the Web MIDI API is wrong; it points to the ED for the Web Audio API.
> 
> I requested permission to update this spec in place, but was told it's against our current policy (which, thankfully, seems to be changing soon); we don't change our specs in TR after publication (not even metadata, apparently).
> 
> Instead, I was told to publish a new draft with the correct link in place.
> 
> We should publish a new draft of the Web MIDI API anyway, to meet heartbeat publication requirements (normally every 3 months... we're about 5 publications behind ^_^).
> 
> Would the editors be okay with publishing a new draft? (Are there any changes that can be reflected in a new draft? Or, perhaps, issues that could be resolved quickly?)
> 
> If so, would the Chairs be willing to get this ball rolling, by putting out a RFC for publication?
> 
> Regards–
> –Doug
>