Re: [webstorage] Plan to move the spec to Last Call Working Draft

On 30 Jun 2011, at 14:55, Arthur Barstow wrote:

> Given the lack of support for stopping work on Web Storage [1], I'd let to get consensus on the plan to move it to Last Call Working Draft.
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> Currently there are two open bugs:
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> 1. Bug 12111: "spec for Storage object getItem(key) method does not match implementation behavior". PLH created a version of the spec that addresses this bug [12111-fix].

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> 2. Bug 13020: "No user agent will implement the storage mutex so this passage does not reflect reality".
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> There are different opinions on the priority of Web Storage ...
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> * Web Storage is a low priority and the Editor will get to it when he gets to it
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> * Web Storage is a high priority because the lack of a LCWD will block at least the Widget Interface spec from progressing on the Rec track
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> There are various options on what to do next, including:
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> 1. Fix 12111 and 13020 and move Web Storage to LCWD

+1

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> 2. Leave Web Storage as is and eventually implementations will match the spec
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> 3. Do #1 in one version of the spec and keep #2 as a separate version of the spec (e.g. L1 and L2).
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> Comments on these options are welcome.
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> If you prefer #1, please indicate if you are willing to create a fix/patch for bug 13020.

Yes.

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> -AB
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> [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2011AprJun/1110.html
> [12111] http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12111
> [12111-fix] http://www.w3.org/2011/06/Web%20Storage.html
> [13020] http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13020
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Received on Thursday, 30 June 2011 19:20:35 UTC