Re: The HTML5 project is a joint effort between the W3C and the WHATWG

Ian Hickson wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Nov 2008, Julian Reschke wrote:
>> Dean Edridge wrote:
>>> That's not really an issue, and there is nothing Ian can do to stop 
>>> someone from sending him feedback, lots of people have his email 
>>> address. I do know that he prefers everything to be sent to a public 
>>> archive. The important thing to note here is that he doesn't discuss 
>>> changes to the spec privately, meaning he makes all decisions 
>>> publicly.
>> That makes it sound as if these private conversations are indeed 
>> one-way. Are they, Ian?
> 
> I don't understand the question. I take feedback (from any number of 
> sources, including some from people who don't want to say their bit in 
> public, though I discourage that) and edit the spec in public. What kind 
> of conversation do you mean?

The question was: is that kind of feedback a one-way conversation (you 
just accept the feedback), or is some private *conversation* going on?

BR, Julian

Received on Monday, 24 November 2008 09:09:12 UTC