- From: Philippe Le Hegaret <plh@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 14:05:46 -0400
- To: spec-prod <spec-prod@w3.org>
- CC: fantasai@inkedblade.net
[adding Fantasai in cc] On 05/13/2015 02:05 PM, Philippe Le Hegaret wrote: > All, > > I am pleased to report that this project is now adopted and Elika > Etemad (aka Fantasai) agreed to be the point person for 2015. She has > now the difficult mission to propose the new design for documents > published in the year 2016. > > Many thanks to Elika and I'm looking forward for the change, > > Philippe > > On 04/16/2015 08:53 AM, Philippe Le Hegaret wrote: >> I'd like to find a path for W3C to update our /TR style sheets and >> since we weren't able to do it so far, here is a radical change on >> how to do so. >> >> First, since it's too complex to change documents that have been >> published in the past, we must not try to do it. It has the >> simplification that we're breaking the consistency of style between >> all W3C documents but it allows us more forward. >> >> Second, we shouldn't assume we need one new style and be done. >> Instead, I'd like to enable ourselves to have progressive >> enhancements over the years. It will also avoid having everyone >> trying to squeeze their own ideas between of a once-in-a-lifetime >> chance to change the styles. To make it easier on the tooling, we >> also need something predictable. So, I'd like to propose that we >> allow ourselves to update the /TR style sheets once per year, on >> January 1. All documents published in that year would have to use >> the style, ensuring some consistency. Note that it doesn't imply we >> have to change the style every year, but it gives us an opportunity >> if we want to. >> >> I added a set of guidelines and an hopefully simple process to do it: >> https://github.com/w3c/tr-design/blob/gh-pages/README.md >> >> Feedback is welcome. >> >> Philippe >> >
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