[Bug 8892] HTML5 editor should propose changes within email list

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=8892





--- Comment #5 from Shelley Powers <shelleyp@burningbird.net>  2010-02-07 14:29:22 ---
(In reply to comment #4)
> I'll postulate that the reaction to the changes is addressing a symptom, but
> not the underlying problem.  My observation is when an edit is made in an area
> related to a Change Proposal that is under active discussion, but that change
> itself is not accompanied by an email describing the intent and thinking behind
> the change (was it a baby step?  is it thought to address the entire issue? 
> why was this particular approach instead of the one proposed by the change
> proposal?), then people are left to discover the change, and many tend to react
> to the change based on their worst possible fears of what might happen.
> 
> My suggestion is that instead of focusing on the timing of the edits, we should
> focus on the lack of communication.
> 
> We should also make it clear that such changes to editor's drafts are
> provisional, and do not, in them selves, constitute Working Group Decisions.
> 

I agree that communication is a problem, but I don't see the lack of
communication being addressed, so all one can do is try to formalize the
process. 

I think it acceptable to ask that the editor propose his changes to the group,
first. We cannot have a discussion within the HTML5 document, we can in the
email list. 


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Received on Sunday, 7 February 2010 14:29:24 UTC