[Bug 13263] Issues that have no impact on conformance requirements can consume undue time and energy

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13263

steve faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #10 from steve faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> 2012-01-25 15:47:54 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> At times, tracker issues arise that have no material impact on either authoring
> or implementation conformance. At times these are changes that the W3C Process
> would class as "minor" rather than "substantive". 
> 
> The Process has much lower requirements for changes or issues that are not
> substantive. Non-substantive changes need only diffs, not summary text, as
> documentation when requesting transition. Non-substantive changes do not
> require a return to Working Draft. And the W3C Process allows simple voting to
> be used on non-substantive matters.
> 
> Treating Change Proposals that call for a non-substantive change the same as
> any other a great deal of the group's and the chairs'  time and energy. It also
> discourages participation from people who do not feel as strongly, even though
> such changes are often simply matters of taste, and do not have a material
> effect on the specification.

Hi Maciej, 
 you wrote:

"At times, tracker issues arise that have no material impact on either
authoring
or implementation conformance. "

Even though issues may not have any material impact on FORMAL authoring
conformance they can still be of major importance as the spec is used as the
canonical source by many authors/developers/writers/journalists/educators etc.
So I ask that this be taken into in any decisions regarding the importance or
worthyness of any particular change proposal that does not involve conforance
changes.

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Received on Wednesday, 25 January 2012 15:47:59 UTC