Hi, On 1/24/10, Edward O'Connor <hob...@gmail.com> wrote [1]: > Shelley wrote [2]: > >> The point I'm trying to make is that the technical discussion was >> short-circuited, and a change made. > > Technical discussion hasn't been short-circuited. Yes, Ian made an edit > to the editors' draft of the spec. He does this all the time, based on > ongoing technical feedback, on the list and elsewhere. That's his job.
I don't know what is in Ian's job description, but it is true he has operated in fashion for as long as I have been a member of the HTML WG. It has cause many prolonged process discussions. Sam talked about the Commit then Review (CTR) [3] process that the working group seems to have been operating under. Then last fall the Chairs added the decision policy [4] to help make decisions on the Review of the spec. Now that we have used the policy for one decision, it certainly seems like a good time for the Chairs to clarify the items Larry asked about [5]. Shelley, I would encourage you to also document what you see as problem areas with the policy so the Chairs can examine and address them properly. Best Regards, Laura [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2010Jan/0067.html [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2010Jan/0066.html [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2010Jan/0048.html [4] http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html [5] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2010Jan/0048.html
