- From: Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:18:46 +0000
- To: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- CC: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
[Boris Zbarsky:] > I don't see why the core syntax being defined in one place as opposed to > every spec copy/pasting it and getting out of sync is getting labeled as > "confusion" here. You're right; faulty inference on my part here. I think we're in violent agreement: of all the ways to be consistent, I prefer those that are explicit but consistency really is the proper goal. > I see the inherit/initial/whatever issue as similar: having it defined in > one place that all other specs simply reference is the thing that will > minimize confusion going forward. > > The only reason it's being a problem right now, as far as I can see, is > that CSS3 modules are not consistent about the way they handle it. I > absolutely agree they should be consistent; I just think they should > converge on referencing a single central location for this instead of > duplicating things. > > > Sure. I have no issue with that, as long as the dependency from > > values/types to their central definition is explicit, visible and > > unambiguous. And whatever the solution, I would like us to be > consistent. > > Yes, absolutely. Consistency is key here. The current state of things is > broken. > > -Boris
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