- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:39:58 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Olivier GENDRIN <olivier.gendrin@gmail.com>
- Cc: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Mon, 23 Apr 2007, Olivier GENDRIN wrote: > On 4/20/07, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote: > > > > If I am to be editor, I will take input from many sources -- I won't > > only take input from this working group, ignoring blogs, forums, bug > > databases, etc -- as I have previously indicated. I don't see how this > > would not mean that we don't "own" the specification. I wouldn't want > > to be an editor if the operating model is that the editor merely waits > > for formal decisions before making any changes -- such a development > > model would change our timeline from 15-years-to-REC to something more > > on the order of 50-years-to-REC, and would be far to stressful an > > environment for me. > > What about indicating to the WG the existence of theses sources and let > him react? As editor for the WHATWG spec, I always send feedback to all e-mail on the relevant WHATWG threads, and do indeed mention out-of-band feedback. If I am to be editor for the HTML WG as well, I would expect to either cross-post those e-mails to this list, and/or have volunteers on this list to coordinate the feedback whose responsibility it would be to keep track of the reasoning behind changes. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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