- From: Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:33:18 -0600
- To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Cc: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>, public-html <public-html@w3.org>
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote: > > On Nov 19, 2009, at 10:20 AM, Shelley Powers wrote: > >> >> With all due respect, Maciej, my concern wasn't based on whether the >> object is included in HTML5, but whether coverage of the objects fits >> within the parameters of this group's charter. > > My impression was that you questioned whether this list is the right venue > for Silvia's discussion. Quoting you from earlier: > >>>> This does sound like a necessary and worthwhile discussion. >>>> >>>> However, I'm not sure this is the right place to have this discussion. > > To be clear, this list *is* the right venue for discussing the draft, > including ideas for changing it. > >> >> Sylvia can, of course, continue the discussion here related to this >> item, but I think it's important that she and others realize that >> discussions of this nature will be challenged--not because the context >> of the discussion isn't important, but because it's out of scope for >> our effort. >> >> We are not a browser group. > > If you would like to see the spec changed to remove various categories of > functionality, then there is a defined process for that. You are free and > indeed encouraged to follow it. If you would simply like to discuss that > possibility, then feel free to do that well, but I would encourage you to > change the subject line in such cases. > > In the meantime, please do not attempt to quash discussion of what is in the > draft. That is an unfortunate response to my earlier response to Sylvia. I wasn't attempting to "quash" her discussion, but just bringing up the fact that this may not be the appropriate place to have the discussion. Since this was a specific question Sylvia asked, my response was not only appropriate, but civil. > > Regards, > Maciej > > Shelley
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