Re: Need to estimate date for when we can take core WebDriver (v2) spec to CR

We can probably do this now. We have been treating all specifications
within the WG as everblue specifications when it comes to implementations.

David




On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 8:55 AM Michael[tm] Smith <mike@w3.org> wrote:

> For the WG charter, we need to choose a YYYY Q[1–4] “Expected completion”
> date
> for when we think we can transition the current core WebDriver (v2) spec
> to CR.
>
> See https://w3c.github.io/charter-drafts/2024/btt-wg.html#deliverables
>
> Yeah, it’s a bit odd to use the label “Expected completion” for the date
> when
> we think we’ll _enter_ CR — but that’s the charter-boilerplate label
> expected
> for this. And it’s because in the charter we say:
>
> > The Working Group intends to publish the latest state of their work as
> > Candidate Recommendation and does not intend to advance their documents
> to
> > Recommendation (no explicit milestones). The Group expects to
> continuously
> > update the Candidate Recommendation once it reaches that stage
>
> …so in other words, CR for us will be a _terminal_ status for the spec.
>
> And thus the only date we need to try to estimate is a YYYY Q[1–4] date
> when we
> think we can first transition the spec to CR — e.g., a date 6 months from
> now,
> or a year from now, or whatever seems most accurate to the editors and
> group.
>
>   –Mike
>
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