- From: Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>
- Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:20:42 -0400
- To: "Maciej Stachowiak" <mjs@apple.com>, "Dan Connolly" <connolly@w3.org>
- Cc: "Shelley Powers" <shelley.just@gmail.com>, "HTMLWG WG" <public-html@w3.org>
On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:45:14 -0400, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote: > Here's my understanding: > > - By Last Call, a Working Group is expected to have resolved all > serious issues within the Working Group. In practice this doesn't > always happen. But when it doesn't, it's pretty likely that the Last Call won't be a last one. So good editors don't propose specs if they are not ready, and sensible working groups don't go to last call if they can't get a reasonable level of agreement from the group. > - It would be out of order for a Working Group member to attempt to > reopen an issue that has been resolved by actual Working Group > decision, if they don't have new information to provide. Not because > it's Last Call, but because WG decisions can only be reopened based on > new information. > - Last Call is an appropriate time to register Formal Objections, even > from WG members. Technically, Formal Objections don't even really mean > anything before LC. So if a WG member has accepted something "pro tempore" (for the moment, in the interests of moving forward) it is wise to note that this might not mean accepting it as good enough for last call. cheers Chaals -- Charles McCathieNevile Opera Software, Standards Group je parle français -- hablo español -- jeg lærer norsk http://my.opera.com/chaals Try Opera: http://www.opera.com
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