Re: Re-registration of text/html

On Feb 24, 2010, at 15:34, Julian Reschke wrote:

>>  4) Should pre-existing valid HTML4 continue to be appropriate for serving as text/html? (Whatever we say, it'll continue to be so served.)
> 
> Yes.

>> What concrete badness do you expect to ensue if this "problem" remains?
>> 
>> Do you believe in ever obsoleting specs? Does your concern about HTML4 extend to HTML 2.0? If not, why not?
> 
> I do believe in that, but it needs to be done carefully -- for instance, by only removing things that have been deprecated before, and by adding alternatives when something gets deprecated.

What about the concrete badness question?

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Received on Wednesday, 24 February 2010 13:43:16 UTC