- From: Joe D Williams <joedwil@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:53:03 -0700
- To: "Sam Ruby" <rubys@intertwingly.net>, "David Singer" <singer@apple.com>
- Cc: "HTMLWG WG" <public-html@w3.org>
> "we continue to struggle". That is the correct attitude, I think. It it was easy, then a solution would be clear. I will aim at producing some reasonalbe information to help guide the effort. My general feeling is that we should produce somehting that actually gives ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Singer" <singer@apple.com> To: "Sam Ruby" <rubys@intertwingly.net> Cc: "HTMLWG WG" <public-html@w3.org> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 7:22 AM Subject: Re: formal objection to one vendor/one vote > At 10:05 -0400 13/07/09, Sam Ruby wrote: >>David Singer wrote: >>>At 9:51 -0400 13/07/09, Sam Ruby wrote: >>>>David Singer wrote: >>>>>At 7:08 -0400 13/07/09, Sam Ruby wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>At the present time, I am not aware of anybody actually pursuing >>>>>>an alternative to what Ian has proposed in terms of required >>>>>>codecs. Unless I can find an owner for Issue-7, my intent is to >>>>>>(eventually) close it as resolved. >>>>> >>>>>Well, I am aware of people working on some of the issues around >>>>>Ogg/Theora, I am aware of W3C staff member(s) who are looking at >>>>>the situation, I have said several times I have and still am >>>>>trying to pursue solutions when I can (though, I grant you, with >>>>>nothing to report so far), so it's not quite true no-one is >>>>>working on the problem. >>>> >>>>I am looking for an owner to that action item. If you are >>>>pursuing solutions, it might make sense for you to be the owner. >>>>Are you volunteering? >>> >>>as long as there is an open issue on this question, I don't think >>>it will make much practical difference, and assigning my name might >>>be taken as an implication I think I know how to solve the problem >>>(which I don't, but I continue to explore). so, I guess this is a >>>'no, let's leave an open un-assigned issue for now'. >> >>My intention is that make there be a very practical difference: >>issues 7 has been open since 2007. Recently, Ian made a provisional >>decision. If nobody steps forward in the next few weeks to take >>ownership of issue 7, I am fully prepared to close the issue. >> >>If anyone would like to see this item remain open, I ask them to >>step forward at this time. If someone does so, I will periodically >>ask that person to report on status. > > I think that it is an open issue, whether we identify it as such or > not. If you need a name to keep it formally open, then you could > use mine, sure. > > The trouble is that this issue pretty much has either nothing to > report, or success; the periodic status is likely yo be "we > continue to struggle". > > Having my name on it gives the correct impression that we're not > happy either. However, I am concerned that some may feel that I > took the ownership in order to do nothing, or make sure nothing is > done (which I cannot, in fact, ensure, of course). > > I'll let you make the call... > -- > David Singer > Multimedia Standards, Apple Inc. >
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