RE: Extending Browser Testing and Tools Working Group Charter

I agree with Simon. There are a number of open issues and "TODOs" still in the spec and I don't want to rush LC. 

I think that an extension to the charter until June 30th 2014 makes sense to me (I only pick that date because it's the middle of the year and hits a fiscal quarter). I don't want to request an extension until March and then miss it and have to request another one.

-John

From: Simon Stewart [mailto:shs@rocketpoweredjetpants.com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 11:26 AM
To: David Burns
Cc: public-browser-tools-testing; Wilhelm Joys Andersen; mike@w3.org
Subject: Re: Extending Browser Testing and Tools Working Group Charter

Hi,

Doing a LC after TPAC doesn't strike me as wise. There's still lots that's missing in the spec, most importantly the http mapping (which I have a draft of, but not had a chance on finishing) and the blank chapters. The most important areas to flesh out before I think we can go LC are:

* HTTP protocol
* Internationalized inputs (14.3)
* The advanced user interaction apis (14.2)

I've got chunks of the HTTP stuff written: I just need to set the time aside to actually finish it.

With the following being "should haves":

* Logging (Appendix E)
* Handling non-HTML content (17)

If we manage to get that first list covered off by the time TPAC ends, then LC might be a possibility. 

Simon

On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 4:57 PM, David Burns <dburns@mozilla.com> wrote:

Browser Testing and Tools Working group, which the WebDriver working group is in, has their charter coming to an end in December 2013. After speaking to Mike Smith we need to ask for extension to get WebDriver to Last Call(LC) and beyond. We discussed at the last F2F[1] of going to Last Call just after TPAC where we would get a lot of work done on the spec and use TTWF to help finish conformance tests.

If we do LC after TPAC, Mike suggested we leave it open for 4 weeks (perferably 6 weeks) which would put us right on the end of the year and we still need to go through Candidate Recommendation and Proposed Recommendation and Recommendation.

I have put a proposed timeline below to get use through those stages which we can use to extend the charter.

29 November 2013 - Last Call
3 March 2014 - Candidate Recommendation
10 March 2014 - Proposed Recommendation
17 March 2014 - Recommendation

Please let me know if you are happy with this and I will work with Mike and Wilhelm to make sure this is document

David


[1] http://www.w3.org/2013/06/13-testing-minutes.html#item05

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