- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 00:37:19 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Robert Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com>
- Cc: www-archive@w3.org
On Wed, 14 May 2008, Robert Sayre wrote: > > I'm not sure why you're sending private email about this. I asked a > simple question on the public list. I replied privately to the first question because it seemed rude to spam the list about it. I've cc'ed www-archive on this mail. > Olli wrote: > "Gecko does what the current spec says." > > So clearly there is some disconnect about the nature of the change > you're proposing. Sure. Like I said, the spec right now contradicts itself. If it didn't there wouldn't be much reason to ask for errata. :-) Included for archival purposes: > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 6:48 PM, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote: > > On Wed, 14 May 2008, Robert Sayre wrote: > >> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote: > >> > On Wed, 14 May 2008, Robert Sayre wrote: > >> >> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 6:15 PM, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > To my knowledge, very little Web content relies on this spec at > >> >> > all. That's why Acid3 tested it, to make it interoperable enough > >> >> > that it could be used. :-) > >> >> > >> >> I thought Acid3 tested things that have been written down for at > >> >> least 5 years or something like that. > >> > > >> > DOM2 Range came out in November 2000. > >> > >> So it tests what was written in 2000 or the proposed as yet unwritten > >> change? > > > > The spec right now does support what Acid3 does, it's just that it is > > ambiguous in its requirments and can be interpreted the other way around > > as well. Contradictions in specs happen, just like bugs in software. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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