- From: Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:55:51 -0500
- To: Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3c@gmail.com>
- Cc: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>, Jirka Kosek <jirka@kosek.cz>, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>, public-html@w3.org
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3c@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com> wrote: >> I would remove my objection to another heart beat document if the >> HTML5 author agrees not to make any additional changes to the document >> that can't be specifically tied back to a change request or bug >> entered into the W3C bug database. If the document is stable enough to >> be a WhatWG document, there shouldn't be anything about the document >> that is currently undergoing change _except_ for changes based on >> feedback. And that feedback should be documented, formally. > > Just to clarify your suggestion, the editor would still be the one who > decides how to respond to bugs filed in the W3C Bugzilla, right? So > rather than just committing a change, he would have to create a change > request in the W3C Bugzilla, post a response there accepting the > request, and then commit the change? I'm not clear on what practical > benefit this offers to anyone. > > It also isn't the practice in any other W3C Working Group I'm aware > of. Editors normally have the right to change Editor's Drafts > unilaterally, which is why they're called Editor's Drafts -- endorsed > only by the editor, not necessarily the working group or the W3C. > Editors in other groups normally consult with the group before making substantive changes. I was talking about substantive changes, not fixing typos of cleaning up grammar. Not even minor tech edits, to fix an error, or correct values. Changes such as: dropping or adding elements or attributes; changing purpose of elements or attributes; making something that was obsolete, valid, or something valid, obsolete; changing the text in such a way as to alter the meaning of the section where the text resided; adding or removing entire sections. Substantive changes. Shelley
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