Re: [css-scroll-snap] Rename keywords 'proximity' and 'mandatory'

On 27 September 2016 at 09:58, Alan Stearns <stearns@adobe.com> wrote:

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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Sep 27, 2016, at 12:11 AM, Sebastian Zartner <
> sebastianzartner@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 26 September 2016 at 20:01, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
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>> On 05/02/2016 07:20 PM, Sebastian Zartner wrote:
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>>> fantasai wrote:
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>>>> On 12/13/2015 11:39 PM, Sebastian Zartner wrote:
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>>>> > Both values are relatively long and one is a noun while the other is
>>>> > an adjective, which makes them inconsistent.
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>>>> > Therefore I believe they should be renamed. The words I have in mind
>>>> > are 'near' and 'always'. Though maybe somebody else can come up with
>>>> > better words.
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>>>> Just came up with an idea: borrowing from the 'line-break' property,
>>>> how about 'strict' and 'loose'?
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>>> Sounds good to me.
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>> To follow up on this, the WG rejected these terms at this telecon:
>>   https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2016May/0044.html
>> and since there were no other proposals that seemed to gain traction,
>> the keywords have not been renamed.
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>> If anyone has any regrets, or a better proposal, speak now or forever
>> hold your peace, because we're going to CR asap. :p
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> My initially proposed keywords 'near' and 'always' were unfortunately not
> discussed in that meeting. At least Alan liked them[1].
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> Sebastian
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> [1] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2015Dec/0186.html
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> Those terms were discussed (they just didn't make it to the summary)
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Wasn't there a poll for this at some point? I don't remember it clearly. If
not, I think it would be worth to do one.
I don't want to hold up CR, but 'proximity' and 'mandatory' are definitely
not the best keywords.

Sebastian

Received on Tuesday, 27 September 2016 12:10:40 UTC