Re: ISSUE-92 cleanuptable - Chairs Solicit Alternate Proposals or Counter-Proposals

Hi Shelley,

On Apr 21, 2010, at 8:40 AM, Shelley Powers wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>  
> wrote:
>>
>> The current status for this issue:
>> http://dev.w3.org/html5/status/issue-status.html#ISSUE-092
>>
>> - We have a Working Group draft that includes a table example with  
>> extended
>> advice on what to include in surrounding text.
>> - We have a Change Proposal submitted that proposes changing the  
>> example and
>> removing most of the advisory text:
>> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/removeidioms
>>
>> At this time the Chairs would also like to solicit alternate Change
>> Proposals (possibly with "zero edits" as the Proposal Details), in  
>> case
>> anyone would like to advocate the status quo or a different change  
>> than the
>> specific one in the existing Change Proposal.
>>
>> If no counter-proposals or alternate proposals are received by May  
>> 20th,
>> 2010, we proceed with a Call for Consensus on Shelley's Change  
>> Proposal.
>>
>
> I have to, reluctantly, protest this one, and also point out the
> obvious: until there's a determination on table summary, anything
> related to the table element description is uncertain. Issue 32 blocks
> Issue 92.

At this time, the Chairs are not moving to immediately close the  
issue. We are merely asking people who disagree with your proposal to  
write up their preferred alternative as a Change Proposal.

For example, if Tab would like to see a very similar change to what  
you propose but without endorsing @summary, he can write that up as a  
Change Proposal. Alternately, if anyone feels the spec text should  
stay as-is, or should change in a completely different way, then they  
too are free to submit Change Proposals.

The Chairs haven't yet decided whether to block final resolution of  
this issue on ISSUE-32, but this call for alternate proposals does not  
have any direct effect on that decision. It just leaves our options  
open.

Regards,
Maciej

Received on Thursday, 22 April 2010 01:15:57 UTC