- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:29:32 +0200
- To: "Dr. Olaf Hoffmann" <Dr.O.Hoffmann@gmx.de>
- Cc: www-svg@w3.org
On Saturday, August 26, 2006, 2:53:17 PM, Dr. wrote: DOH> Hello, DOH> I noticed two things in the text rotate description DOH> in the current CR section 10.4. DOH> 1. It is noted: DOH> 'A comma- or space-separated list of <number>s must be provided provided.' DOH> - one 'provided' to much... DOH> 2. I think, it is not a good idea to change the behaviour of rotate now DOH> in SVG Tiny 1.2, even if the behaviour described in SVG Tiny 1.2 DOH> would have been more useful for authors if it would have been already DOH> specified in this way in SVG 1.0/1.1. While seeing your point, not fixing a case that was underspecified in 1.1 (it was assumed to have a given meaning, but it turns out others interpreted it differently) is also not good for authors. DOH> What authors will get now is something unpredictable - some viewers will DOH> show the behaviour of 1.0/1.1, some of 1.2 and I think there will DOH> be not many viewers looking on the version numbering to display DOH> it on way for 1.0/1.1 and in another for 1.2. DOH> For authors this simply means, that the short form for rotate DOH> with less numbers as glyphs will remain unusable for another five DOH> or ten years. Unless it is processed as an erratum for 1.1 -- Chris Lilley mailto:chris@w3.org Interaction Domain Leader Co-Chair, W3C SVG Working Group W3C Graphics Activity Lead Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG
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