- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 15:18:21 -0700
- To: Alan Gresley <alan@css-class.com>
- Cc: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>, Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>, www-style@w3.org
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 4:32 AM, Alan Gresley <alan@css-class.com> wrote: > On 7/10/2011 8:44 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Brad Kemper<brad.kemper@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I would love to resolve within two weeks. Unfortunately, when the main >>> person I need to resolve it with has said "I've decided to reject >>> [Brad's] >>> proposal for simplifying radial gradients", and doesn't suggest any >>> alternatives to the problem (or acknowledge the problem), it makes it >>> tough >>> to try to work out a resolution that is satisfactory to all (or even good >>> enough to most). >> >> Don't be ridiculous, Brad. I sent a (long) email explaining my >> decision. It helps no one to pretend that you're being put upon and >> summarily dismissed. > > Really? Yes. I made a factual statement, which you can verify by looking at the archives. > The spec process seems like a steamroller. You can object, say no, or doing > something else but at some point you realize that the steamroller doesn't > stop. > > Even though I have a true rational based on experiments regarding > un-premultiplied gradients where I could lodge a formal objection with the > w3c, I am hesitate in doing so since the spec author may presume that I'm > being rude. > > What you fail to realize Tab is that healthy debate can make a well defined > spec. I learned that from my questing of Brad during the development of the > B&BM 3, especially with box-shadow where the best came out with Brad. This > was happening when you first appeared on www-style in mid 2008. CSS has come > along way since then but the spec process has gone backwards. "Healthy debate" is not the same thing as "everyone gets a pony". Not every argument results in a compromise. Not every point of view can be integrated. I read every single email that gets sent to the list. I respond in sometimes-ridiculous length when it is warranted. I give serious thought and consideration to every suggestion relevant to my work. That doesn't mean that everyone's going to be happy at the end of the day. That's fine; what matters is that I end up with something that both I and the WG as a whole is happy with. ~TJ
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