[Bug 16481] Define a point at which we implement a feature freeze

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=16481

--- Comment #1 from Paul Cotton <Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com> 2012-04-05 18:21:07 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> Outline of a proposal: once we reach that point, features can only be added to
> or removed from the specification with prior concurrence of the Working Group,
> in one of the following forms:
> 1) A Working Group Decision on a tracker issue, whether a contested decision by
> survey or a consensus decision on a sole provided Change Proposal.
> 2) A Call for Consensus of at least one week's duration (longer near or during
> holiday periods), citing a bug that requests the feature addition/removal and
> describes the change in reasonably clear terms. Such a Call for Consensus may
> be initiated by the Chairs, or by the Editor of the relevant specification. Any
> objection to such a CFC would require escalation to an issue.

I would propose that "the point" be at the beginning of the next HTML5 Last
Call (ie Last Call 2)
AND
I would propose that we modify the decision policy to use the proposed approval
model in 2) for ALL Last Call 2 bugs.

/paulc

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Received on Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:21:14 UTC