- From: Lisa Dusseault <lisa@osafoundation.org>
- Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 15:54:33 -0700
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: "'webdav' WG" <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>, Stefan Eissing <stefan.eissing@greenbytes.de>
Were a new working group to be formed to work on WebDAV extensions, I personally wouldn't be making proposals for what to do with that stuff. What would matter would be what the new WG decided was most important to work on, and if that had overlap with pre-existing work, then whether to work from pre-existing drafts. If the bind, redirect and search features turn out to be important enough to garner sufficient support, then I expect those supporters would very likely want to work from the existing drafts and implementations. Progress might then be very quick (again assuming sufficient support). I'm still working with Ted to see if the current WG can be kept open and working, but if there's more support to shut down the WG than there is to keep it open, that would be good to know sooner rather than later -- it isn't too late for somebody to plan a BOF for Paris. Lisa On May 27, 2005, at 6:25 AM, Julian Reschke wrote: > > Lisa Dusseault wrote: >> ... >> There may not be a way to bring this spec to proposed under the >> current arrangement. One of the options I've discussed with Ted >> Hardie and others has been whether it would be possible to form a new >> WG from scratch to work on WebDAV extensions. Sometimes with a new >> WG, there's a great opportunity to get commitments from new >> volunteers, all starting from the same position and not feeling like >> they have to work to come up to speed with an existing WG. It's also >> an opportunity to remix roles, and to have fresh discussions about >> what the priorities are. > > I have trouble understanding how this could with those specs we have > esentially finished. Are you seriously proposing to throw that stuff > away and to restart from scratch? > > Best regards, Julian >
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