- From: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:24:38 -0400
- To: Shelley Powers <shelleyp@burningbird.net>
- CC: public-html@w3.org
On 06/02/2010 06:03 PM, Shelley Powers wrote: > I'm not speaking for Larry, but I read the phrase "I'm not *strongly* > opposed..." to be about the concept of this type of element, not the > specific element. > > In other words, my read is he's not adverse to this type of element > being in the spec, BUT if what we have in the spec now is controversial, > or will inhibit interoperability, then remove it should be removed. Not > to do so could impede progress on the spec, if not now, then later. Let's break that down. Note: this is an analysis of your interpretation of Larry's words, not Larry's words itself. The following would be adequate basis for strong objections: 1) inclusion of elements which are not only controversial, but for which the inclusion is more controversial than the removal of said elements. 2) inclusion of elements with known and identified interoperability issues. 3) inclusion of elements which we now know with certainly will need to be removed later and furthermore would be significantly more costly to remove later than now. Neither Larry's words, nor your interpretation of Larry's words indicate any of the above. Instead, they are non-strong forms of these statements. And the strength of these objections need to be considered in the context of the evident presence of strong objections to the removal of these elements. > He then provided additional rationale for his objection: the existing > elements do not have a transition plan, nor is there any discussion > about fallback, for browsers that don't support HTML5. There is a transition plan that applies to all work here: http://www.w3.org/TR/html-design-principles/#degrade-gracefully If there are known issues, then they need to be identified with precision, in the form of bug reports. > He, like so many of us, didn't know that we were supposed to include the > words, "I strongly object..." to the proposal we didn't agree with. That > this phrase is the key to the decision process. Nobody said that those words needed to be included. To the contrary, a number of strong objections were identified from the prose provided by a number of individuals. > We missed the memo. The relevant memo: http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/policies.html#managing-dissent > Shelley - Sam Ruby
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