On Dec 7, 2009, at 6:34 AM, Ian Hickson wrote:
On Mon, 7 Dec 2009, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
Note though: process-wise, Web Storage being in LC *is* a blocker
to the
Widgets specification going to REC. Per W3C Process, a specification
cannot go to PR or REC unless all of its dependencies are at REC.
It's
true though that it would not be a blocker to going to CR.
As far as I can tell (from our discussion on IRC and from my memory
of the
requirements), there is a pubrules suggestion that CR specs should
only
depend on CR+ specs, and PR specs should only depend PR+ specs, but
it's
neither a hard rule, nor in the W3C process.
My understanding of the relevant text in pubrules is that the two
things you mention are suggestions, but the statement that REC specs
should only depend on REC is presented as a requirement with
possibility of exceptions.
The specific wording in the pubrules for PR transition is is: "Does
this specification have any normative references to W3C specifications
that are not yet Proposed Recommendations? Note: In general, documents
do not advance to Recommendation with normative references to W3C
specifications that are not yet Recommendations."
This seems to make PR/PR+ depenency suggested, and REC/REC dependency
apparently mandatory, though with possibility of exceptions (due to
the "generally").
Regards,
Maciej
