- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:57:24 -0600
- To: Jeff Jaffe <jeff@w3.org>
- Cc: nathan@webr3.org, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>, www-archive <www-archive@w3.org>
On 16 Feb 2011, at 12:59 PM, Jeff Jaffe wrote: [snip] >> >> >> That's the request and the void that needs filled - please, all of >> you >> in HTML land, work it out soon, whatever concessions have to be made. >> Even if the current status-quo of "HTML 5" LC through to REC in 2014 >> stays, and the "Living Standard" stays, at least get a semi stable >> beta >> channel up there on /TR/, updated quite regularly (3 month rule >> please) >> and point to it from all angles as a reference for the rest of us. > > I'd like to understand your view of the 80% a bit better. I would > like W3C to address this group, and in my view they are indeed well > addressed by having a more agile process with releases that are far > more frequent than today. But I don't think that the 80% will > suffice with something that is only semi stable - and I don't think > that 80% needs something every 3 months. So I would like to > understand your thinking on this point a bit more. Hi Jeff, I think Nathan is referring to what we call the "heartbeat requirement" or the 3-month rule in our existing process [1]: "It is important that a Working Group keep the Membership and public informed of its activity and progress. To this end, each Working Group SHOULD publish in the W3C technical reports index a new draft of each active technical report at least once every three months. An active technical report is a Working Draft, Candidate Recommendation, Proposed Recommendation, or Proposed Edited Recommendation. Each Working Group MUST publish a new draft of at least one of its active technical reports on the W3C technical reports index [PUB11] at least once every three months." Ian [1] http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/groups.html#three-month-rule -- Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/ Tel: +1 718 260 9447
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