https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=24632
Bug ID: 24632 Summary: [meta][imports]: The spec should have fewer monkey patches Product: WebAppsWG Version: unspecified Hardware: PC OS: Linux Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: Component Model Assignee: dglaz...@chromium.org Reporter: morr...@google.com QA Contact: public-webapps-bugzi...@w3.org CC: m...@w3.org, public-webapps@w3.org Blocks: 20683 Spawned from Bug 24623: > In general we should avoid monkey patching. 1) A specification may not be > aware > of the patches being applied and invalidate them. 2) Readers of a > specification > may not be aware of the patches being applied and write code that turns out > to > be wrong due to patches. 3) If patches start getting applied from multiple > sources the mental model quickly becomes too hard and mistakes start creeping >in all over. We have some for now. This is a master bug to track these to be removed. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.