- From: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>
- Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 14:11:47 -0700
- To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Cc: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>, Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 5:08 AM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote: > > On May 24, 2009, at 3:50 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: > >> >> I agree that it was a lopsided vote. >> >> I agree that there was an intent to publish as a Note, but disagree with >> any implication that it constituted a commitment or a decision to ultimately >> publish as a Note, in particular I disagree that it was a decision that >> would need to be reversed. >> >> I disagree that the conference call is "informal", but I agree that >> further discussion is warranted. > > Let me put it this way. I think if we want to make a decision as a WG not to > publish any further Working Drafts, and not to aim to publish as a Note, I > think that decision should be taken as seriously as the decision to publish > in the first place. > > I think discussion on a single conference call, where abandoning the Design > Principles document was not even an agenda item (though other Design > Principles discussion was), and when there had been no mailing list > discussion of doing so, does not constitute an adequate process for > assessing consensus. I agree with Maciej. Last decision that was taken with regards to the design principles was to do more than just publish it as a WD. If we're going to reverse that decision then that requires more than just a discussion on a conference call. Especially since this WG is chartered to allow asynchronous participation in all decisions. Further, I think it would be a great loss to loose having the design principles to back our work. We have been able to avoid a lot of rat holes and unproductive conversations thanks to them. I guess Ian can always continue to follow the design principles for the document he is producing while others can choose not to. However I think that would be a loss for those specs. / Jonas
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