At 16:12 +1100 14/12/07, Shannon wrote:
Your suggestions are impractical and you are smart enough to know
that. You claim neutrality but YOU removed the Ogg recommendation
In recognition of the fact that work is ongoing, and that most, if
not all, would prefer a mandate to a recommendation, the placeholder
recommendation was temporarily replaced with a statement that we were
working in this area. That's all. You're all behaving as if you had
some toys and they've been taken away, and neither are true. The
spec is not done, you did not have a decision, and a decision has not
yet been made.
Ian, as editor, was asked to do this. It was a reasonable request to
reflect work in progress. He did not take unilateral action.
and you haven't answered the IMPORTANT questions. I'll re-state:
1.) Does not implementing a SHOULD recommendation make a browser
non-complaint (as far as validation goes)?
Formally, no.
2.) What companies (if any) would abandon HTML5 based on a SHOULD
recommendation?
This is unknown.
4.) What prevents a third party plugin open-source from providing
Ogg support on Safari and Nokia browsers?
Nothing, but if the spec. required the support, the browser makers
cannot claim conformance.
5.) Why are we waiting for ALL parties to agree when we all know
they won't? Why can't the majority have their way in the absence of
100% agreement?
Because we have the time to try to find a solution everyone can get
behind. It's not as if we are holding final approval of HTML5 on
this issue. There is plenty of technical work to do (even on the
video and audio tags) while we try to find the best solution. We
don't need a vote.
6.) How much compelling content is required before the draft is
reverted. Does Wikipeadia count as compelling?
When will I stop beating my wife? Your question has a false
assumption in it, that we are waiting for compelling content in order
to revert the draft. We're not. We're working on understanding.
As Ian has said, we are going in circles on this list, with much heat
and very little if any new light. Can we stop? It is getting quite
tedious to hear see the same strawmen bashed on again and again.
--
David Singer
Apple/QuickTime
