On 28 Nov 2011, at 2:25 PM, Arthur Barstow wrote: > On 11/28/11 11:00 AM, ext Ian Jacobs wrote: >> On 28 Nov 2011, at 9:05 AM, Arthur Barstow wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> As you know, WebApps has two XHR specs in its charter: XHR(1) and XHR2: >> Hi Art, >> >>> XMLHttpRequest (aka XHR1) ; CR published 2-Aug-2010 >>> http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/ >>> >>> XMLHttpRequest Level 2 ; last WD published 16-Aug-2011 >>> http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest2/ >>> >>> Anne is currently the Editor of both specs and he can no longer commit to >>> XHR1 and no one else in WebApps is willing to be the Editor of XHR1. >>> However, Anne did commit to continue work on XHR2. >>> >>> As such, our basic requirements for these two specs are: >>> >>> * Use the XHR shortname for what is now the XHR2 spec >>> * No longer use the XHR2 shortname >>> >>> So, how do we actually go about this? Is there a precedence we can follow >>> or learn from? Please provide your advice/recommendation here ... >>> >>> One option is to simply redirect the XHR2 shortname to XHR and add some >>> explanatory text to the new XHR spec that explains the rationale for >>> merging the two specs. Note, however, a few people indicated the simple >>> redirection as problematic but I think the majority of the WG supports it. >>> >>> Another option is to update the document in TR/XHR2/ to reflect the group's >>> decision to consolidate the specs into TR/XHR/ and to effectively obsolete >>> the TR/XHR2 spec. Could the editing of TR/XHR2/ done "in place" or would it >>> require re-publishing it (possibly as WG Note?)? >> That is my main question: is there any reason for XHR1 to survive? If not, >> then it seems like whatever is the thing people care about most should be >> XHR1. > > The contents of the document at TR/XHR/ (aka XHR1) will not survive. The WG > wants to replace the contents of TR/XHR/ with the contents of TR/XHR2/ (well > actually, the latest ED of XHR2) and we will never again publish anything at > TR/XHR2/.
Could you move what you want to XHR and call it "XMLHttpRequest 1"? You could (for now) end the XHR2 line with 1-page stub document that says "We've moved! But we're keeping this stub document in the case we really do want to publish an XHR2 someday." Ian -- Ian Jacobs (i...@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/ Tel: +1 718 260 9447
