Re: Should we test SHOULD?

On Monday, September 23, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
> * Tobie Langel wrote:
> > [1]: https://github.com/w3c/web-platform-tests/pull/306
> 
> In the specific example, the use of "SHOULD" is legitimate only if there
> is potential for causing harm in failing to allow users to specify the
> exact media capture device (perhaps the user means to upload a profile
> picture but instead uploads a picture of other people or confidential
> information on the computer screen due to confusion over which device is
> selected). In that case it would be extremely important to know when an
> implementation fails to implement the requirement; test results that do
> not mention such a failure would be incorrect and misleading.

I'm not sure which example you're referring to as there's a number of different requirements tested in the linked pull request.

--tobie

Received on Tuesday, 24 September 2013 08:37:39 UTC