Re: [whatwg/webidl] No "Localizable" type (#1025)

Here's my point of view:
This is nothing to do with aspiration.  For these particular features, it has to do with rubber-meets-the-road, practical requirements for producing technology that works for people in certain regions around the world.

Sure, we can't be certain that the features will be implemented, but if we don't spec them it's probably a fair bet that they won't, and we are actively contributing to that lack of implementation.  But again, it's not the implementation game we need to be considering here, we need to look beyond that and consider whether multinational users will be able to use the technology effectively. 

If you like, this is a diversity issue, a sort of Me-too for international users of the 'World Wide' Web.  Ok, let's say that implementers don't implement this feature after we spec it.  That's their choice, but i don't think we should be taking the decision for them.  If multinational users find that the technology raises problems, they should be able to go back to the implementers to raise their diversity issues, rather than blame the WhatWG or W3C for the problem.


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