[Bug 18575] Section 2. Source Buffer Model should be non-normative

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=18575

--- Comment #1 from Aaron Colwell <acolwell@chromium.org> 2012-08-17 23:29:20 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/html-media/raw-file/tip/media-source/media-source.html#source-buffer-model
> 
> Some of the things mentioned in this section look like normative requirements
> since the magic words may/should/must appear and there is language like "An
> exception is thrown if the application tries to update the attribute when only
> part of a media segment has been appended."
> 
> To remove any doubt, the entire section should be marked as non-normative.
> 
> (Not hypothetical, I was going to file a bug that it didn't say which exception
> to throw, before I realized it wasn't intended to be normative.)
Hmm... Many of these sections were intended to convey requirements which is why
the musts are in there. Perhaps this means that I should update the algorithm
text to make sure these rules are enforced so the 2.x sections aren't
necessary? I'd hate for a large part of the spec to become a green box.

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Received on Friday, 17 August 2012 23:29:21 UTC