Re: Plan for progression of Media Capture and Streams towards W3C Last Call

On 2014-05-08 14:19, Mandyam, Giridhar wrote:
> Can you clarify on the procedure for opening bugs ("everyone's
> encouraged to file bugs on the "Media Capture and Streams" component
> in Bugzilla")?
>
> I was instructed on this mailing list by one of the editors that only
> the chairs can open bugs:  see
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-media-capture/2014Feb/0130.html.

That is the rule we've operated under since last summer. But now we ask 
everyone to file the bugs they feel must be fixed before going last 
call, and to do that no later than May 18th.

>
>  -----Original Message----- From: Harald Alvestrand
> [mailto:harald@alvestrand.no] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 4:58 AM
> To: public-media-capture@w3.org; Stefan Håkansson LK Subject: Plan
> for progression of Media Capture and Streams towards W3C Last Call
>
> With the closure of the Constraints topic, we believe that the last
> major item on this document is closed, and that the rest of the stuff
> we need to do consists of finding and fixing the remaining smaller
> issues.
>
> As of this writing, there are 14 open bugs. There will be more.
>
> The chairs are suggesting the following timeline:
>
> - Yesterday, May 7: New version of the spec, with the conclusion of
> the Constraints discussion, published. - From that publication to
> Sunday, May 18: WG review. Open season for bug filing; everyone's
> encouraged to file bugs on the "Media Capture and Streams" component
> in Bugzilla. - Monday, May 19: Face to face time - we spend time
> discussing stuff that is beyond the nits stage. The chairs pick bugs
> to address.
>
> At this time, we close the buganizer for input, saying that items
> should instead be raised on the mailing list if necessary, with the
> chairs filing bugs when needed, and work on burning down the
> buglist.
>
> - When the bug list is empty of bugs filed before May 18, and the
> resulting document is published, we give a VERY short last period for
> review, and then send the document for W3C Last Call.
>
> We do expect to see feedback on the W3C Last Call. Issues will be
> raised.
>
> Hopefully, we can start burning those down in June; how much progress
> we make determines how much time we will need for the next process
> steps.
>
> Also hopefully, we'll have a stable spec.
>
> NOTE: The preferred format for proposed minor fixes or changes in
> wording is a Git pull request. Those are fast to process, and
> accomplish what the suggester wanted. For stuff that actually changes
> the meaning of the document, mailing list discussion is desirable.
>
> Harald, for the chairs.
>
>
>

Received on Thursday, 8 May 2014 12:30:56 UTC