- From: Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 07:12:09 -0400
- To: "Michael[tm] Smith" <mike@w3.org>
- CC: public-webapps <public-webapps@w3.org>
On 10/19/14 10:02 PM, Michael[tm] Smith wrote: > Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@gmail.com>, 2014-10-19 09:59 -0400: > >> (If someone can show me a PR and/or REC that includes a normative >> reference to a WHATWG spec, please let me know.) > If it's your goal to ensure that we actually do never have a PR or REC with > a normative reference to a WHATWG spec, the line of logic implied by that > statement would be a great way to help achieve that. (Huh? I'm on record for the opposite.) > If Hallvord and the other editors of the W3C XHR spec want to reference the > Fetch spec, then they should reference the Fetch spec. > >> As such, we could do c) but with respect to helping to set realistic >> expectations for spec that references such a version of XHR, I think >> the XHR spec should be clear (think "Warning!"), that because of the >> Fetch reference, the XHR spec might never get published beyond CR. > That's not necessary. Nor would it be helpful. I think it is important to try to set expectations as accurately as possible and that ignoring past history doesn't seem like a useful strategy. -Thanks, AB
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