- From: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:42:45 -0500
- To: James Graham <jgraham@opera.com>
- CC: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>, public-html <public-html@w3.org>
James Graham wrote: > >>> and how feedback to >>> such a proposal is collected. >> >> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/ > > So, having discussed with with DanC and Sam on IRC I think this > statement is a little misleading. As far as I can tell (and I hope that > someone will correct me if I am wrong), the mailing list (and, I guess, > the bug database) is still the primary means for feedback. However if > someone has feedback that they would like tracked in the tracker for > whatever reason, they can request that an entry for it be added there. > This request will be granted by someone with tracker write access > subject to the requirement only that it is a genuine piece of feedback. > > This model seems a little different to that used by Mike Smith (in that > model, the tracker represented issues of concern to the whole group) > although I guess for issues not in the tracker, it is assumed that the > feedback will be dealt with by the editor directly so maybe the net > effect will be similar. Misleading? I'm willing to go with "flat out wrong". :-) The W3C tracker is effectively one index for the issues that were raised on the mailing list. Other indexes may also exist (I know Ian keeps one). - Sam Ruby
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