Re: EverTeal

On 8/30/19 8:27 AM, Jeff Jaffe wrote:
> +1 to PLH's comments.  One nit in-line.
> 
> On 8/30/2019 10:09 AM, Philippe Le Hégaret wrote:
>> Overall, I do have to admit that I like this proposal.
>>
>>> I have a few high-level wishes for the Process:
>>>
>>>   1. It should enable Working Groups to maintain their /TR specification
>>>      as the authoritative copy of their spec *in practice*, which means
>>>      that every edit that represents what the Working Group recommends to
>>>      implementers is consistently and quickly published to /TR.
> 
> I'm a bit uncomfortable characterizing this as "WG recommends to 
> implementers".  W3C's highest form of endorsement is called a W3C 
> Recommendation, and I worry that the terminology (recommends to implementers) 
> sounds a bit too close to W3C Recommendation.  W3C shouldn't provide that 
> level of endorsement since there could still be open Formal Objections at this 
> stage.

I'm using the word "recommend" here in lower-case. :) The point is, if the WG 
feels that implementers should be referencing a particular text, that text 
should be the one on /TR.

~fantasai

Received on Friday, 30 August 2019 19:22:48 UTC