On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:07 AM, David Levin <[email protected]> wrote:

> It seems like if you are doing a significant change to an existing area or
> adding a feature, it is good to explain the change that you're planning to
> do (and hopefully get input from whoever had been working on that area
> recently the most).  This explanation doesn't have to be
> a "design doc" though.
>
> For example from bug https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25463,
>
> "The comments in the bug seem to show a lack of consensus as to whether we
> want
> this feature and whether the API is appropriate. *These design issues
> should be**
> **hashed out (perhaps on the mailing list) before submitting a patch for
> code review.*"
>
>
True.

I guess WebKit guys have historically been pretty sensitive to us pushing
our ways upon them.  Maybe we can continue circulating design docs for work
in WebKit on this mailing list, but keep them on the down low on the WebKit
mailing list?  Maybe post links in bugs, but only bring them up on the
mailing list when there's specific issues to discuss?

J

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