- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 23:03:32 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Sam Ruby <rubys@us.ibm.com>
- Cc: "public-html@w3.org WG" <public-html@w3.org>
On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, Sam Ruby wrote: > > I also agree that splitting a 3D Canvas API out would increase the overall > workload. However, I see it as extremely unlikely that doing such would > result in a net increase in the workload of the editors working on the base > document. The point is that we don't have enough volunteers, so the "editors working on the base document" would _be_ the editors working on whatever is split out. That's why it's not feasible to split stuff out (and still work on it). Hyatt and I just don't have the time. We already have literally dozens of specs that are sitting neglected, in wait of editors. I personally am editor of a bunch of specs, several of which I had to push off to 2018 or later because of my committment to HTML5. (For example I just don't have the time to work on CSS3 lists, which is quite far along. Nobody has stepped up to take that spec over, though.) > Furthermore, there is another key difference between these two. If > setTimeout isn't spec'ed, that's an indication that the spec isn't > complete. If a 3D Canvas API isn't spec'ed, that's an indication that > that features is ready for standardization. How can we determine the difference? i.e. how can I know whether to drop a feature because it's not ready, vs knowing that I musn't drop a feature because it would be incomplete? So far, I've been using my judgement. It often makes people unhappy, as what they think is critical is something I have put off due to it being unimportant. This isn't the case with, for instance, including arbitrary vocabularies in text/html -- I just haven't gotted around to that issue yet, just like I haven't gotten around to the 1000s of other outstanding issues of equal importance -- but if it was, would you be happy? What would you say if I said your pet feature just "wasn't ready for standardisation"? -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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