Week 16: Staged WHATWG patches for HTML5.1

Hi all,

I have  caught up with applying WHATWG changes. This takes us to commit
7844 [1].

The following patches were applied to HTML5.1:


* Remove HTMLBaseFontElement, which has been removed from Gecko and Blink
(7820)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/b0f066118cab11f8d15854ffe278fae7e5f76d62

*  Extend :invalid to also match <fieldset>s that contain invalid controls.
(7823)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/ab3428953722bca2b9ec5a26f0a07bf0dc5a9d98

* Move FileCallback into the spec rather than referencing File System API
spec just for that (7824)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/d609682949c4c9e67a092fa391cb2f6dc2117866

* Add  a normative statement requiring that <area> only be inside <map>.
(7829)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/b721cd55d192bc28c9e459989bcade5d4be419f6

*  Make alert() and company match more browsers and provide default values
in WebIDL. (7832)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/d8dfba4a7a1abacf0be14d07c56cdbe600d6e3d1

*  Make adding a cue, or changing its timings, work when the video is
paused. (7835)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/e07e19a890c19b8613c6ee93f2990674189e4900

*  Fix <area> to match <a> in terms of security checking. (7836)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/a6e2b9409b9ca7f2ec00ddcb1a1e98fa550e6063

*  Make document.open() do a replace only once (7838)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/cf52e427dae93481c05922bec84ddb6bcc243150

* Add link to timezone database (7840)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/751eec215d559b6179367fc2fccb90f7711f82c2

*  Add note regarding negative times in text track cues. (7841)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/d249703adf27f3ae834059d51a02bd5840ec3643

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=18480


 * Editorial fixes:

** Cleanup to stay in sync with WHATWG spec (7819, 7821)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/dcb9c2e16112656a5fa12dcd7b5ef88931f93dff

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/b3f4a3fe0c378badd32bf89e01144f9b5b854fef

** Use more default values in WebIDL. (7822)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/e403d75ba55fa64ae2d59d8c4ba8f9f12bdaebde

**  More elaboraton on <style scoped> requirements. (7825)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/24bb7d298e0dcdee1f7536eafb69cd57b9d460c6

**  Remove ambiguity over whether algorithms end with exceptions are fired.
(7826)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/c8aa73f5f949702d82e9b59e630f4318a5514c64

**  Clarify canPlayType API is limited to three strings by using WebIDL
magic for HTMLMediaElement (7827)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/bf7aa23700650f472a60e916a43ddb10815be4c6

** Try to clarify browsing context rules (7828)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/43c43de7733d37bc6c643557d610459ee3224a06

** Fix typo: s/element/object/ “named access on window object” (7830)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/5c17718de682df1395cbce2840c21b4411c78b98

**  Change the variable name 'dialog' to 'subject' to avoid confusion.
(7831)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/b2401ae725bf1d15ff3460ec962a0b384bea0954

** Clarify a number of places that were ambiguously using the word 'in'.
(7833)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/77ffb1476285352e7b4ba72258f36cb449f53580

** Removal of WebVTT spec from source file. (7834)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/d40d048457377ee19547f3b947c5afef5e1e826e

** Cleanup and typo fixes (7837)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/2723b2c97518f2de17916161b7d763ef2e95ab5a

** Correct reference to CSS selectors (7839)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/70c10e2e4e24b6e5aee2a656ea9716296d255def
** Clarify ipv4 and ipv6 addresses. (7842)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/fe76e06a377991fe8e7991ffa09c0b994d0cbe53

** Typos and the like, all found by Michael Dyck! (7843)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/725f4135d45494f223da2499a41e0cbb04344784

** Change for WHATWG build system - try keeping diffs small (7484)

https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/85546bce226e3a42fb76725ae93f93ad231bb280


Please register a bug or reply to this email if you would like to see any
of the patches backported to HTML5.0 CR or have any other issues with the
applied patches. Note that no patches were picked for HTML5.0 CR.

Best Regards,
Silvia.

[1] http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=7843&to=7844