- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:42:27 -0800
- To: Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3c@gmail.com>
- Cc: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>, Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com>, Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>, public-html <public-html@w3.org>
I explained what I meant in my reply to Sam. I think it roughly matches with your understanding. My suggestion: let's table this process discussion for now, or take it to www-archive. - Maciej On Jan 21, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Aryeh Gregor wrote: > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net> wrote: >> The Decision process has a pretty picture of this: >> >> http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/basic-process.png >> >> We've been through steps 1, 2, 3, 4, and are now at 5.d. Aryeh, my reading >> of that diagram does not match your understanding. I see the next step as >> being 6. Do you read it differently? > > Yes, the next step is 6. This says we make a Working Group decision, > following the Escalation Procedure. One option there is > > "0. Amicable Resolution > At any stage of the process, the issue can be settled amicably, If > spec changes are made that satisfy the person who raised the issue . . > . the issue will be closed by Call for Consensus." > http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html#escalation > > My understanding of Maciej was that he was suggesting that Ian invoke > option 0 here and make a spec change that would satisfy everyone, thus > allowing us to proceed to step 4 "Call for Consensus" and then > (hopefully) step 5.a of the Escalation Process, "Consensus Found". > Whether Ian makes this change is entirely up to him at this point. If > he does not make any change, or makes a change that's unacceptable to > someone, we will likely have to proceed to step 5.b of the Escalation > Process, "No Clear Consensus", and have a straw poll as for microdata. > I believe Maciej would like to avoid this if we can use step 5.a > instead. > > To further clarify what I meant, I was responding to Lachlan's inquiry > as to whether Maciej was "ruling out" certain spec changes. My > understanding is that the chairs cannot at this stage require or rule > out any action by the editor on this issue, because we're still in the > middle of the Escalation Process (step 3, Discussion) and the Working > Group has not formally reached a decision. Until such time as the > chairs record a Working Group decision on this issue, any spec changes > are entirely up to the editor's discretion. > > Please correct me if any of this is wrong.
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