- From: Alex Mogilevsky <alexmog@exchange.microsoft.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:41:23 -0700
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>, "L. David Baron" <dbaron@dbaron.org>
- CC: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
I agree we have to be careful when making late changes. I agree updating tests is also a factor to take into account. I am not buying the argument that it shouldn't be changed because the spec is written 8 years ago. The whole reason the spec stayed in a draft for a long time is because it takes time to analyze it to finest detail and find all issues. This is one of them. I am also not sure what you mean by lowering respect from implementers for CSS working group. It is the implementers who proposing this change. > -----Original Message----- > From: www-style-request@w3.org [mailto:www-style-request@w3.org] On > Behalf Of Ian Hickson > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 11:59 AM > > * That we don't know what this change will imply. I think it would be > better to wait for a wider and more detailed study of the side > effects > of this change before we go in and start poking at what was > previously > assumed to be very stable text. > > * That the previous text hasn't been given adequate time for > implementors > to attempt to implement it. > > * That repeatedly changing such complicated parts of the spec will > continue to make the CSS working group look incompetent. > > * That this change would further lower the respect that implementors > have > in the CSS working group, leading to the standards getting ignored. > > * That if we make this change, it could be interpreted by the > community > as being an admission that fundamental changes are again fair game, > which could lead to rather unwelcome pressure being put on the > group. > > * That it is FAR too late (by years) to be making changes to > previously > agreed text. > > > BTW, if this section does change, someone should take the > responsibility > for updating all the margin collapsing tests: > > http://www.hixie.ch/tests/adhoc/css/box/block/margin-collapse/ > > (I certainly won't have time to do it; I'd estimate it would take a > margin > collapsing expert somewhere in the region of two weeks of solid work to > actually go through each test and verify that it is still correct.) > > -- > Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. > fL > http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ > ,. > Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`- > .;.'
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