On 11/3/11 5:16 PM, ext Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
On 11/3/11 8:28 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:07:20 -0700, Julian Reschke
<[email protected]> wrote:
Reminder: this was a past-LC change. I think I'm not asking too much
when I'm asking for a precise explanation of what the rational for
this change was.
As I explained already, we moved processing requirements from the
protocol to the API.
Round and round we go, where it stops nobody knows. :)
It seems there are two topics here:
1. The procedural issue of moving the text from the protocol spec to the
API document. I have no opinion about this.
The group discussed this on October 31 [1]. The gist of the agreement is
that since the text that is now in the API spec used to be in the
protocol spec, the totality of a review of the two specs is effectively
the same. In this view, the change to the API spec is not substantive.
2. The substantive issue of whether the text is correct. Julian asked
some questions about that, and I'd be curious to see replies (especially
because they are related to similar topics in HTML5).
I think we need to continue to move forward and to acknowledge several
implementations of the API spec have been deployed. As such, I tend to
think we may have already passed the point of diminishing returns
regarding minor tweaks to the spec and if there are bugs, in the spec,
please file bugs and we can address them during CR.
-AB
[1] http://www.w3.org/2011/10/31-webapps-minutes.html#item14
