- From: Gregory J. Rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 18:06:02 +0000
- To: public-html@w3.org
hixie wrote, quote: > I am concerned that this issue, as described, does not follow the > template and principles laid out in past posts to this working > group, > e.g. here: > > http://esw.w3.org/topic/HTML/IssueTemplate > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Jun/0003.html > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Jun/0863.html > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Jun/0946.html > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Jun/0953.html > > Given the past volume of mail to this mailing list, it is > unlikely that Hyatt and I will be able to read every mail for > every issue. Having issues summarised in the above format in the > wiki is much more likely to allow everyone to have their point > of view considered. unquote and i am concerned that dave hyatt is a semi-mythical being... when will he speak for himself on list, let alone participate in HTML WG teleconferences? you have already made it abundantly clear that public-html is but one of many streams you are monitoring -- should not your co-editor then be concentrating on monitoring the streams it is not possible for you to monitor effectively? second, the issue tracker is separate from the wiki in that it takes fodder from the public-html emailing list AND the wiki in order to aid the editors and members of the WG by collating disparate data streams and funneling them into a single manageable issue; if you and dave cannot keep up with the volume of mail, and take such a dim view of the issue tracking effort which has been designed to aid the editors, rather than further hinder them, perhaps we need a co-editor who is capable of handling public-html mail and monitoring the HTML wiki... gregory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRIENDLESS, adj. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense. -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory J. Rosmaita: oedipus@hicom.net and gregory@ubats.org Camera Obscura: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/index.html UBATS - United Blind Advocates for Talking Signs: http://ubats.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------
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