- From: Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>
- Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2007 23:42:36 -0400
- To: "Maciej Stachowiak" <mjs@apple.com>, "Dan Connolly" <connolly@w3.org>
- Cc: "public-html@w3.org WG" <public-html@w3.org>
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:56:32 +0200, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote: > On Jul 5, 2007, at 8:38 AM, Dan Connolly wrote: ... >> The HTML WG co-chairs are persuaded by the argument that publishing >> this diff document before the design principles and the spec >> is somewhat backwards. > > I don't understand this argument. The diff document is a factual > document meant to aid review (both internal and external) and does not > include any design decisions, it merely documents the state of the spec. > How, then, can it depend on the design principles document? > >> It seems better to release this >> differences document as a companion to the HTML 5 spec, >> and to work on design principles meanwhile. > > I'm planning to work on the design principles document, however, based > on the last time it was discussed, I think it will be much harder to > achieve enough agreement on this document to have something that can be > published. As far as I can tell, the remaining objections to the diffs > document are primarily procedural and about whether it should be > published before certain other things. But the objections to the design > principles document were substantive and called for changes to the > document in different directions. > > Given this, I think trying to publish the design principles document > first will lead to significantly missing the heartbeat requirement. Definitely agree. cheers Chaals -- Charles McCathieNevile, Opera Software: Standards Group hablo español - je parle français - jeg lærer norsk chaals@opera.com Catch up: Speed Dial http://opera.com
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