Microsoft supports this call.
On Tuesday, September 20, 2011 4:05 AM, Arthur Barstow wrote:
> This is a Call for Consensus to publish a Last Call Working Draft of the
> Web Socket API using the following document as the basis:
>
> http://dev.w3.org/html5/websockets/
>
> As noted in [1], this spec has two editorial bugs and one bug that some
> group members do not want to address for this version of the spec.
>
> The Process Document states the following regarding the
> significance/meaning of a LCWD:
>
> [[
> http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr.html#last-call
>
> Purpose: A Working Group's Last Call announcement is a signal that:
>
> * the Working Group believes that it has satisfied its relevant
> technical requirements (e.g., of the charter or requirements document)
> in the Working Draft;
>
> * the Working Group believes that it has satisfied significant
> dependencies with other groups;
>
> * other groups SHOULD review the document to confirm that these
> dependencies have been satisfied. In general, a Last Call announcement
> is also a signal that the Working Group is planning to advance the
> technical report to later maturity levels.
> ]]
>
> Positive response to this CfC is preferred and encouraged and silence
> will be assumed to mean agreement with the proposal. The deadline for
> comments is September 27. Please send all comments to:
> public-webapps@w3.org.
>
> If any new bugs are submitted before this CfC completes and the LC is
> published, those bugs will be will be considered as LC comments.
>
> -Art Barstow
>
> [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-
> webapps/2011JulSep/1484.html