Re: Landing WIP features to the Editor's Draft spec early

Hi Anssi,

this idea sounds good to me.

Thanks,
Anton.

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Kostiainen, Anssi <
anssi.kostiainen@intel.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Based on my experience, landing "work in progress" (WIP) features to the
> Editor's Draft (ED) early is often useful for soliciting wider feedback. A
> concrete case at hand would be:
>
>   https://github.com/w3c/presentation-api/issues/46
>
> Anecdotal evidence shows people may read the ED spec but never look at the
> GitHub repo where the WIP items are being baked. We miss valuable feedback
> this way.
>
> Since an Editor's Draft spec is "work in progress" by definition such WIP
> features in the spec should always link back to the relevant issue in GH
> issues to make it as easy as possible for people to send feedback to the
> right place. If concerns are raised, we can always revert the changes.
>
> Note that this does not mean we should start landing experimental ideas
> early, rather it means ideas that have wider consensus, but are not yet
> fully polished, should land early.
>
> All - please let me know if you have any concerns with this proposal.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Anssi (WG chair)
>