Re: [SVG2 CR] stroke position?

Deferring the SVG 2 spec for years, while every feature was sorted out, was
not an option.  There are too many *other* features and clarifications that
we wanted to officially recognize as stable specifications.

That doesn't mean those deferred features will be delayed for another
decade.  The purpose of the "module" approach is to be able to update
individual features as they gain clear definitions and implementation
support, instead of waiting for a complete overhaul of the entire SVG spec.

But I agree that the working group needs to be more transparent about the
decisions to defer features that were previously planned for SVG 2.  I've
made an issue to track that, on GitHub:
https://github.com/w3c/svgwg/issues/284  If anyone already has (or wants to
compile) a rough list of those features, please add comments there.

On 18 September 2016 at 10:32, Dr. Olaf Hoffmann <Dr.O.Hoffmann@gmx.de>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I think it would be a good idea to add a list to the CR
> with all the features, with a resolution to be new in SVG 2,
> but whicht are not yet in.
> There are surely several more, I may ask about in the next days.
> If this list is very long, my suggestion is to go back to working draft,
> work on open issues and simply defer SVG2 for two or four years
> until there is a complete draft ...
>
> Authors are already waiting for some of these features for five to ten
> years,
> what about two or four years more waiting for an SVG 2 with really new,
> interesting features, which have already a resolution to be in SVG 2?
> What remains for authors, if the new SVG 2 features are not in SVG 2? ;o)
>
> Olaf
>
>
> Amelia Bellamy-Royds:
> > Hi Olaf,
> >
> > Stroke position was unfortunately deferred to a future SVG module,
> because
> > we couldn't decide how stroke position in complex shapes should be
> > implemented.  The easy to implement options are not the most
> aesthetically
> > pleasing options.
> >
> > The draft spec text, and descriptions of the outstanding issues, are
> > available in the (rough draft of the) SVG Strokes module:
> > https://svgwg.org/specs/strokes/
> >
> > By the way, thanks for all of these comments on SVG 2, most of which
> > deserve more than a quick 2-paragraph reply!
> >
> > ~Amelia Bellamy-Royds
> >
>
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