- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:23:34 -0500
- To: "Anne van Kesteren" <annevk@opera.com>
- Cc: "Karl Dubost" <karl+w3c@la-grange.net>, "Henri Sivonen" <hsivonen@iki.fi>, www-archive <www-archive@w3.org>
On 19 Jun 2010, at 7:52 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote: > Thanks for joining in Ian! ;-) > > On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:42:50 +0200, Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> wrote: >> People who are following work closely want the freshest information >> possible. That includes mailing list discussions, specs, and so >> forth. Those who are leading the way expect people following close >> behind to keep up. ("What? You didn't read my proposal from last >> Thursday in time for Monday's call??") >> >> Other people can't keep up or that's just not their priority. I >> think it would be useful for the group (as the TAG used to do) to >> publish a monthly summary of key decisions, changes, milestone >> updates, and so on. That summary would be very helpful to some, >> even if it were only a rough approximation of the truth. > > Making the Hypertext CG public would go some way towards that. Or at least public summaries. > > >> For specs, I love Editor's drafts. I also think that snapshots are >> very useful, especially during review periods, since managing >> expectations with a moving target during a review is a challenge. >> So snapshots at LC, CR, PR are all helpful. > > It would be interesting to know when exactly it is found useful to > read a draft that is no longer current. It is certainly useful to > know the history of a draft, but version control systems help with > that. The utility is not in reading something that is out of date. It is in everybody being on the same page for a specific purpose and for a limited duration. While it's possible to manage a review of an evolving document, I find that it is way more complicated. > >> I have not yet investigated why CSS 2.1 has not been updated lately. > > The reason is that we would either have to go back to Last Call or > publish errata. Either way would involve quite a bit of work. (If I > remember correctly; this was discussed a while back.) I guess I should look into the situation; I'll check in with Philippe. > > >> Anne and Henri, would you be available for a phone chat to talk >> about this task force we're running? Karl, you can come too if you >> want ;) > > Apart from my cellphone I do not really have anything I can use at > the moment to make a call. Well, I do have Skype, but it is not > working great. In person would be good too, but that's no making things easier...hmm, well I guess we can continue by email and IRC. But not today... _ Ian > > > -- > Anne van Kesteren > http://annevankesteren.nl/ > -- Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/ Tel: +1 718 260 9447
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