- From: Daniel Glazman <daniel.glazman@disruptive-innovations.com>
- Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 07:33:09 +0200
- To: public-w3process@w3.org
On 07/10/2014 01:18, Domenic Denicola wrote: >>> Now in theory both of these could be resolved by pointing to >>> repository versions -- for example, the HTML spec has been through >>> over 8800 different versions each of which could be individually >>> referenced -- but patent lawyers and government officials both work >>> in environments where that would, for some reason, be unacceptable. >> >> In theory, the problem above would be solved if browser vendors could >> say "our version X implements feature Y retrieved from commit ZZZZZ" >> and if commit ZZZZZ was VERY easily reachable for people not used to >> our versioning systems. I see this as a workable compromise: no need >> to have snapshots, commits are snapshots, and your specs can remain >> living standards. > > I want to interject here and say that we in the WHATWG absolutely support an effort like this. Excellent! Thanks. </Daniel>
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