Re: objection re: RESOLVED: setProperty's handling of importance logically behaves same as appending a declaraiton (like IE/WebKit) from Tab Atkins Jr. on 2013-09-12 (www-style@w3.org from September 2013)

From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 01:13:06 -0700
To: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
Cc: www-style list <www-style@w3.org>, Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com>
Message-ID: <CAAWBYDA+yAQsywQSZ6HdB2vdChJy+g=W-rAVsb6qmaTTapJ2wQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com> wrote:
> I think there wasn't any new information presented at the meeting, it was
> basically David Baron presenting the issue to the group and Tab and I ended
> up agreeing with behavior (A). It is of course a problem that the people who
> care strongly against (A) weren't present at the meeting to defend
> themselves; that's a problem inherent with making decisions at face-to-face
> meetings.

To be somewhat clearer, I objected to (A), but was okay with accepting
it with the addition of setPropertyValue(), which has the semantic
that I wanted for setProperty() in the first place.

~TJ

Received on Thursday, 12 September 2013 08:13:59 UTC