Hi Maciej,

thanks for the clarification.

I would suggest that if, as in this case, Hixie rejects a feature
without convincing the WHATWG community that the data, use cases etc
do not support the introduction of a feature, then the WHATWG process is broken.

regards
SteveF

On 30 November 2012 06:18, Maciej Stachowiak <m...@apple.com> wrote:
>
> On Nov 29, 2012, at 10:00 PM, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.st...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> maciej wrote:
>>
>>> The WHATWG has pretty clearly rejected the idea of the <main> element
>>
>>
>> can you point to a clear rejection in any of the relevant threads on
>> the WHATWG apart from hixies?
>>
>> I would suggest the WHATWG has general support for adding main, but I
>> may not be understanding what is meant by a whatwg rejection in this
>> case.
>
> I mean that by the whatwg process, if Hixie says no clearly and definitively, 
> that is the decision. I say this not to judge, just to describe what it is. 
> This does not of course mean that everyone who participates in the WHATWG 
> agrees.
>
> The only thing I see as likely to change things in the whatwg is 
> implementations appearing.
>
> Regards,
> Maciej
>



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