Re: clarification on Adobe Blocking

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote:

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> On Feb 12, 2010, at 12:06 PM, Shelley Powers wrote:
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> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote:
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>> On Feb 12, 2010, at 11:39 AM, Shelley Powers wrote:
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>> Frankly, according to Sam's recent email in this thread about the issue
>> tracker and the procedure[3], once the issues I'm writing Change Proposals
>> for are properly upgraded to Open issues, I'm blocking HTML5 more than
>> Adobe, or any other company: I have more issues in the issue tracker, all of
>> which, if I understand the process, are blocking until resolved.
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>> As far as I'm concerned, raising issues in accordance with the process is
>> not "blocking HTML5". It is an attempt to improve HTML5 (though of course
>> others may disagree on what constitutes an improvement). I hope that is how
>> you see it as well.
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>> Regards,
>> Maciej
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> I agree. I see all of my bugs, issues, and change proposals as an attempt
> to improve or correct the HTM5 specification, and nothing more.
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> I don't want to speak for others, but I would imagine this is the reason
> anyone brings up these concerns--and file bugs, raise issues, and write
> change proposals. The word "blocking" can be misinterpreted so easily.
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> But I'm not sure what I should do now when it comes to switching my issues
> from RAISED to OPEN, and to sync them with the HTML5 spec? Should I try the
> issue edits myself? Or do I need to wait for someone else to do the work?
>  I'm wiling to do the work, and decipher the code necessary to make the
> connections, but if you all would rather I not, I'm just as happy for
> someone else to do the work -- as long as it gets done.
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> It's best to add the status codes yourself if you can figure it out. And
> it's fine to put your own issues in OPEN state (I will do it myself when I
> get a chance if it's not done when I get around to looking.)
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> Regards,
> Maciej
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Cool. Will do tonight then.

Thanks!

Shelley