[Bug 12974] Allow placeholder="" on <input type=number>

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12974

--- Comment #5 from Edward O'Connor <eoconnor@apple.com> 2011-06-17 16:38:11 UTC ---
This isn't a new feature, it's a simple, small bug in an existing feature,
present since that feature (the placeholder="" attribute) was first added to
the spec in 2008. I raised this issue in the HTML WG, following to the HTML WG
Decision Policy, by filing a bug. This is the standard procedure in the HTML WG
for bringing an issue to the editor's attention.

Julian, do you have a technical objection to this change? If so, could you
state it?

The Decision Policy states that during Last Call "we *don't want to call a
total stop* to useful changes[…] But that might create a situation where a
person or group *strongly* objects to some change[…] If any Working Group
member sees a change go in[…] that seems controversial and likely to reduce
rather than increase consensus, the correct step is to let the Chairs know,
ideally via a post to the public list." (Emphasis mine.) Julian, do you
strongly object to this change? Do you believe that this change is
"controversial and likely to reduce rather than increase consensus?" I note
also that the Decision Policy states that "[w]e do not expect [the enhanced
change control] process to be used casually over random changes."

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Received on Friday, 17 June 2011 16:38:13 UTC