Re: w3process-ISSUE-124 (WHATWG-blacklist): Normative Reference policy should explicitly black list WHATWG specs [Normative Reference Policy]

On 09/08/2014 03:00 PM, Jeff Jaffe wrote:
>
> On 9/8/2014 2:40 PM, Arthur Barstow wrote:
>> On 9/8/14 2:12 PM, Sam Ruby wrote:
>>> I will support Jeff's assertion that your comments regarding the
>>> current state of WHATWG's URL specification were inaccurate.
>>
>> Sorry but I don't understand what I said that is not accurate so I
>> would appreciate it, if you would please clarify.
>
> I did that in my first response on this thread.
>
> You said "However, based on my conversations with Consortium staff last
> week, the Director will NOT permit a Proposed Recommendation to include
> a normative reference to a WHATWG spec."
>
> And I responded: "This statement is incorrect [1]."  In the internal
> call between Team and WG Chairs there was no categorical statement
> blacklisting the WHATWG.  We only discussed whether a particular spec at
> this point in time seems to fulfill the normative reference criteria.
>
> [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-w3process/2014Sep/0042.html

That matches my recollection.

>>> Can you provide a link which describes to what normative reference
>>> the Progress Events specification proved to be problematic and why?
>>
>> I think the changes made for the Draft PR in
>> <https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/progress/rev/e42aba3b2853> identifies the
>> WHATWG references that had to be changed. As for the "why" here, if I
>> understand what your after, I believe the gist was "make these changes
>> or no PR/REC" ;-).

I'll observe that none of the references that were replaced are stable. 
  Whether there were other proposed solutions that were evaluated and 
rejected, I'd prefer not to speculate.

>> -AB

- Sam Ruby

Received on Monday, 8 September 2014 19:59:49 UTC