Re: ISSUE-145 (codecs-vs-octet): Chairs Solicit Proposals

On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:08:29 +0100, Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>  
wrote:

> On 01/27/2011 01:19 PM, Philip Jägenstedt wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:23:00 +0100, Julian Reschke
>> <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>>> On 23.01.2011 15:13, Philip Jägenstedt wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/NoVideoContentType
>>>>
>>>> Summary: "Simplify <video> for implementors and authors by ignoring  
>>>> the
>>>> Content-Type HTTP header, thereby removing the need to mention
>>>> application/octet-stream at all."
>>>>
>>>> Edit at will. I'll revert at will.
>>>> ...
>>>
>>> This one proposes a radical change which *would* affect the original
>>> issue, but goes much further in allowing sniffing where it wasn't
>>> allowed before.
>>>
>>> I thus argue that *if* somebody wants to make a change that drastic,
>>> it should happen under a separate bug/issue.
>>
>> I'll leave it to the chairs to decide if the CP is acceptable or not,
>> for now I have no intention of withdrawing it.
>
> I don't believe that anybody is asking you to withdraw it.  The request  
> to open separate bugs for separate issues is consistent with direction  
> that the editor and chairs have given in the past.

I think it is a separate issue. As such, I've filed a bug for Philip:  
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11984

-- 
Simon Pieters
Opera Software

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