- From: Frederick Hirsch <w3c@fjhirsch.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 11:59:03 -0500
- To: Media Capture TF <public-media-capture@w3.org>
- Cc: Frederick Hirsch <w3c@fjhirsch.com>, Josh Soref <jsoref@blackberry.com>
on behalf of Josh Soref in DAP: On Dec 5, 2014, at 11:23 AM, Josh Soref <jsoref@blackberry.com> wrote: > +1 > > On 12/5/14, 11:10 AM, "Frederick Hirsch" <w3c@fjhirsch.com> wrote: > >> All: >> >> The following Call for Consensus (CfC) is on the Media Capture Task Force >> list, and concludes 12 December (next Friday) >> >> The CfC is below. >> >> If you are interested and are not participating in the Media Capture Task >> Force, I suggest you join [a]. >> >> The purpose of this email is to alert all on the DAP list of this >> proposed process change in the task force. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns please respond on the Task Force >> mailing list public-media-capture@w3.org (i.e. do not reply to this >> message), >> >> regards, Frederick >> >> Frederick Hirsch, Nokia >> Chair DAP >> @fjhirsch >> >> [a] http://www.w3.org/2009/dap/#mediacapture >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: Stefan Håkansson LK <stefan.lk.hakansson@ericsson.com> >>> Subject: CfC: Adopt new W3C process for Media Capture documents >>> Date: December 5, 2014 at 8:04:06 AM EST >>> To: "public-media-capture@w3.org" <public-media-capture@w3.org> >>> Cc: Frederick Hirsch <w3c@fjhirsch.com> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> the W3C adopted a new process during the summer [1], it came into effect >>> on August 5. It is optional for groups to adopt until August 2016. >>> >>> There is an extensive FAQ on the transition to the new process available >>> [2]. >>> >>> The main change is that it removes Last Call: groups are expected to >>> get wide reviews before going into Candidate Recommendation, and CR is >>> the "final" review signal; in particular, contrarily to the current >>> process, if you make substantive changes during CR, you don't have to go >>> back to Last Call, you "just" republish an updated CR (while still >>> making sure the relevant parties review the said changes) >>> >>> There is some early guidance on how you get "wide reviews" without a >>> Last Call signal in [3]. Essentially, the group asks the relevant >>> parties for reviews when the relevant section stabilizes. >>> >>> Given the maturity of our documents we can choose to use either the old >>> or the new process for any of our docs (at least until Aug 2016). >>> >>> The decision to use one or the other process is a decision for the group >>> to make. >>> >>> We think the new process is an improvement; its main drawback is >>> that W3C as a community has less experience with it (obviously). >>> >>> We propose that we switch to the new process for all documents except >>> "Media Capture and Streams" now. Given that we're pushing to get "Media >>> Capture and Streams" to Last Call soon, we think we should stay with >>> the >>> old process for that document until it is in Last Call, and then change >>> to the new process. >>> >>> Do you agree? Please respond by EOB Friday December 12 (silence will be >>> interpreted as "yes"). >>> >>> Harald and Stefan >>> >>> [1] http://www.w3.org/2014/Process-20140801/ >>> [2] https://www.w3.org/wiki/ProcessTransition2014 >>> [3] https://www.w3.org/wiki/DocumentReview >> >> >
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