- From: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:38:51 +0100
- To: Lars Gunther <gunther@keryx.se>
- Cc: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
Lars Gunther, Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:09:07 +0100: > 2010-01-11 10:28, Lachlan Hunt skrev: >> The WHATWG has operated for years without having to adopt a formal >> change procedure like we have here because the group is not as >> dysfunctional this one. > > Or you could say that it had a very narrow subset of all > HTML-stakeholders in it - and those who did not belong in that subset > soon learned that their ideas were shut down. > > The HTML WG is perhaps "dysfunctional" by the criteria that it is > very much caught up in procedure and complaining, but that is looking > at the symptoms, not the cause. The WHAT WG culture is definately not > without is flaws and is one (of many) contributing factors. +1 Btw, perhaps the MD supporters themselves could describe which effect they think that the WG decision w.r.t. MD should have? By this I also indicate that to suggest that, as a consequence, the entire HTML 5 is "split-out" into sub specs, is not a reasonable effect. -- leif halvard silli
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