- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:51:32 +0100
- To: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>
- CC: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>, HTMLwg <public-html@w3.org>
On 24.02.2010 14:42, Henri Sivonen wrote: > 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? I don't think any concrete badness would happen, except that people continuing to serve valid-HTML4-but-invalid-HTML5 would be in violation of the applicable specs. On the other hand, what concrete badness would ensue if we decide to allow HTML 4.01 as well? Speaking of which: do you have a proposal about *when* the transition to the new media registration should occur? Upon publication of the Candidate Recommendation? Best regards, Julian
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