- From: Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>
- Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:20:36 -0400
- To: "Sam Ruby" <rubys@intertwingly.net>, "Lachlan Hunt" <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Cc: "Shelley Powers" <shelley.just@gmail.com>, "HTMLWG WG" <public-html@w3.org>
On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:03:31 -0400, Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
wrote:
> Lachlan Hunt wrote:
>> Personally, I think it's absurd that even though Sam knew this (as he
>> mentioned it), he still decided to bother seeking out consensus on the
>> publication of a Working Draft, rather than simply publishing it and
>> letting us get on with discussing the technical issues independently.
>
> I do believe I could have done it, but as I said on 3 Aug[1], I
> explicitly decided not to do so at that time.
And I think it was the right decision, Sam. It meant that we got some idea
about how to reach consensus (even if it is a temporary one) and showed
that the group can come to agreement on technical issues where honest and
intelligent interpretations don't all lead to unanimity.
cheers
Chaals
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