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

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





--- Comment #7 from Shelley Powers <shelleyp@burningbird.net>  2010-02-08 13:41:12 ---
As the folks in the WhatWG IRC were kind enough to point out[1], the danger to
making counter-proposal edits directly to the HTML5 specification is that
people don't necessarily know what that document is, and they may think it
represents a consensus view at _any_ point in time.

Sure, the same people can come back in a week and the section is changed, but
very few people outside of this group will check back to see if the section
they view on one day, is different on another. 

We also need to work on equal footing in this team, and that includes all using
the same means to discuss a change. Email is this formal means, which we have
all agreed on. 

No, to prevent confusion, as well as prevent what may be perceived as an act of
antagonism, when a section is under active debate--with formal change
proposal(s), and an assigned issue--it should be locked out of change. We don't
have to use technology to attempt to do so, it should come about by explicit
directive of the co-chairs. 

[1]
http://www.precentral.net/html5-editors-draft-hits-w3c-flash-doesnt-break-sweat


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