Re: [whatwg] Removing versioning from HTML

2009-08-24 Thread Ian Hickson
On Fri, 14 Aug 2009, João Eiras wrote: > On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:01:31 +0100, Ian Hickson wrote: > > On Sun, 9 Aug 2009, Aaron Boodman wrote: > > > > > > I frequently see the comment on this list and in other forums that > > > something is "too late" for HTML5, and therefore discussion should >

Re: [whatwg] Removing versioning from HTML

2009-08-14 Thread Peter Kasting
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:35 PM, João Eiras wrote: > From an implementor's point of view it is much harder to implement and keep > up with a mutating specification. During implementation a stable spec is > preferred. > As a browser implementer, I have certainly not found the dynamic nature of t

Re: [whatwg] Removing versioning from HTML

2009-08-14 Thread Marcin Hanclik
[jo...@opera.com] Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 9:35 PM To: WHATWG Subject: Re: [whatwg] Removing versioning from HTML On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:01:31 +0100, Ian Hickson wrote: > On Sun, 9 Aug 2009, Aaron Boodman wrote: >> >> I frequently see the comment on this list and in ot

Re: [whatwg] Removing versioning from HTML

2009-08-14 Thread João Eiras
On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:01:31 +0100, Ian Hickson wrote: On Sun, 9 Aug 2009, Aaron Boodman wrote: I frequently see the comment on this list and in other forums that something is "too late" for HTML5, and therefore discussion should be deferred. I would like to propose that we get rid of the co

Re: [whatwg] Removing versioning from HTML

2009-08-14 Thread Ian Hickson
On Sun, 9 Aug 2009, Aaron Boodman wrote: > > I frequently see the comment on this list and in other forums that > something is "too late" for HTML5, and therefore discussion should be > deferred. > > I would like to propose that we get rid of the concepts of "versions" > altogether from HTML.

Re: [whatwg] Removing versioning from HTML

2009-08-09 Thread Tab Atkins Jr.
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Aaron Boodman wrote: > On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: >> A feature that is not widely supported is a feature we authors can't >> depend on.  If we're lucky, we can put in some extra effort to work >> around the lack and still deliver a decent

Re: [whatwg] Removing versioning from HTML

2009-08-09 Thread Olli Pettay
On 8/9/09 7:10 PM, Aaron Boodman wrote: [If this has been discussed before, feel free to just point me there] I frequently see the comment on this list and in other forums that something is "too late" for HTML5, and therefore discussion should be deferred. I would like to propose that we get ri

Re: [whatwg] Removing versioning from HTML

2009-08-09 Thread Adam Shannon
> > > > On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Adam Shannon > wrote: > > If we never cut things off then the spec will really never be finished > > before 2020. > > Why does this matter? At the end of the day isn't the goal to have the > largest number of interoperable features? Consider one reality where

Re: [whatwg] Removing versioning from HTML

2009-08-09 Thread Aaron Boodman
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: > A feature that is not widely supported is a feature we authors can't > depend on.  If we're lucky, we can put in some extra effort to work > around the lack and still deliver a decent experience.  If we're not, > we simply don't do what we wan

Re: [whatwg] Removing versioning from HTML

2009-08-09 Thread Adam Shannon
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Aaron Boodman wrote: > [If this has been discussed before, feel free to just point me there] > > I frequently see the comment on this list and in other forums that > something is "too late" for HTML5, and therefore discussion should be > deferred. > > I would like

Re: [whatwg] Removing versioning from HTML

2009-08-09 Thread Tab Atkins Jr.
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Aaron Boodman wrote: > [If this has been discussed before, feel free to just point me there] > > I frequently see the comment on this list and in other forums that > something is "too late" for HTML5, and therefore discussion should be > deferred. > > I would like t

[whatwg] Removing versioning from HTML

2009-08-09 Thread Aaron Boodman
[If this has been discussed before, feel free to just point me there] I frequently see the comment on this list and in other forums that something is "too late" for HTML5, and therefore discussion should be deferred. I would like to propose that we get rid of the concepts of "versions" altogether