Re: An HTML language specification vs. a browser specification

On Nov 19, 2008, at 09:40, Julian Reschke wrote:

> What I find unreasonable is to require somebody to invest a huge  
> amount of time when the result likely would be "nice try, but now go  
> away".
>
> So an attempt to do a split should have the backing of the WG before  
> a significant amount of time is spent.


On the other hand, suggesting the WG take an editor without a proven  
track record risks the the WG investing a huge amount of time in an  
exercise that fails. I think it's more important to protect the spec  
development as a whole against waste than it is to protect aspiring  
individuals against waste, even though that's not nice from the point  
of view of the individuals.

-- 
Henri Sivonen
hsivonen@iki.fi
http://hsivonen.iki.fi/

Received on Wednesday, 19 November 2008 09:20:12 UTC