Re: [css-variables] Level 3

François REMY:

> The level of a module is independant of the level of other modules.

Of course not, that’s the point of modularization.

> Most modules are level 3 at the moment because they extends features defined in CSS 2 + CSS 1.
> As CSS variables are something new, they have their module level set to one (…)

I thought I remembered reading about a WG decision that the start level for every module was 3, but looking at <http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/current-work> this does not seem to be the case indeed. The  process seems to work as you describe instead, with a start level of 1. (Each makes as much sense as the other, if followed consistently.)