ISSUE-126: Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs

autoWDpublish

Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs

State:

RAISED

Product:

Process Document

Raised by:

Daniel Glazman

Opened on:

2014-09-10

Description:

During the CSS WG ftf 10-sep-2014, plh presented the new proposed tool allowing an editor to publish a WD with one-click. A side effect of that tool is that it allows to turn the editor into a decider while the current situation always sets the WG as the decider to publish. It basically allows to "officialize" Editor's Draft into the Process as WDs, the editor potentially having the ability granted by WG to publish when he wants, as often he wants.

I think this changes the center of gravity of the W3C, where WGs are the elementary units behind a publication. I understand the tool intends to drastically reduce the time between a decision to publish and the actual publication but I think a undesirable side-effect is the possibility to get rid of WG's approval to publish.

I would like, as a Member AC-Rep, the W3C and AB to explain what are the intended usage limits of that tool. Is the expectation that editors can commit to WD things that already hold a post-review WG resolution or consensus, and be not allowed to commit w/o WG resolution or consensus? In that case, the tool becomes extremely useful AND retains the WG authority. If a WG can decide, once for all, to let an editor publish a WD when he wants (and section 7.3.2 of Process seems to allow it), then I think we have a problem: it de facto creates two classes of WD, the ones published by the editor under his sole authority, the ones holding a consensus/resolution from the WG. One of the new Process's goals being simplication and removal of one step from the REC track, this does the contrary, de facto adding one new step and status to the REC track. I think a clarification is needed. I even think some clear boundaries keeping WGs in charge are needed, and that probably implies changes in section 7.3.2.

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1. List of Process Document Issue Not Currently Covered in the Process 2015 Draft being reviewed (from szilles@adobe.com on 2015-02-08)
2. Re: w3process-ISSUE-126 (autoWDpublish): Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs [Process Document] (from daniel.glazman@disruptive-innovations.com on 2014-09-13)
3. Re: w3process-ISSUE-126 (autoWDpublish): Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs [Process Document] (from karl@la-grange.net on 2014-09-13)
4. Re: w3process-ISSUE-126 (autoWDpublish): Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs [Process Document] (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2014-09-12)
5. Re: w3process-ISSUE-126 (autoWDpublish): Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs [Process Document] (from marcos@marcosc.com on 2014-09-12)
6. Re: w3process-ISSUE-126 (autoWDpublish): Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs [Process Document] (from singer@apple.com on 2014-09-12)
7. RE: w3process-ISSUE-126 (autoWDpublish): Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs [Process Document] (from szilles@adobe.com on 2014-09-12)
8. Re: w3process-ISSUE-126 (autoWDpublish): Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs [Process Document] (from singer@apple.com on 2014-09-12)
9. Re: w3process-ISSUE-126 (autoWDpublish): Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs [Process Document] (from art.barstow@gmail.com on 2014-09-12)
10. Re: w3process-ISSUE-126 (autoWDpublish): Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs [Process Document] (from singer@apple.com on 2014-09-12)
11. Re: w3process-ISSUE-126 (autoWDpublish): Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs [Process Document] (from marcos@marcosc.com on 2014-09-12)
12. Re: w3process-ISSUE-126 (autoWDpublish): Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs [Process Document] (from art.barstow@gmail.com on 2014-09-12)
13. Re: w3process-ISSUE-126 (autoWDpublish): Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs [Process Document] (from marcos@marcosc.com on 2014-09-12)
14. Re: w3process-ISSUE-126 (autoWDpublish): Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs [Process Document] (from singer@apple.com on 2014-09-12)
15. RE: w3process-ISSUE-126 (autoWDpublish): Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs [Process Document] (from szilles@adobe.com on 2014-09-12)
16. Re: Status of the 12 High Priority Topics considered for Process2014. (from jeff@w3.org on 2014-09-11)
17. Status of the 12 High Priority Topics considered for Process2014. (from szilles@adobe.com on 2014-09-11)
18. Re: w3process-ISSUE-126 (autoWDpublish): Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs [Process Document] (from cwilso@google.com on 2014-09-11)
19. Re: w3process-ISSUE-126 (autoWDpublish): Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs [Process Document] (from daniel.glazman@disruptive-innovations.com on 2014-09-11)
20. RE: w3process-ISSUE-126 (autoWDpublish): Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs [Process Document] (from Michael.Champion@microsoft.com on 2014-09-10)
21. Re: w3process-ISSUE-126 (autoWDpublish): Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs [Process Document] (from singer@apple.com on 2014-09-10)
22. Re: w3process-ISSUE-126 (autoWDpublish): Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs [Process Document] (from daniel.glazman@disruptive-innovations.com on 2014-09-10)
23. Re: w3process-ISSUE-126 (autoWDpublish): Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs [Process Document] (from art.barstow@gmail.com on 2014-09-10)
24. w3process-ISSUE-126 (autoWDpublish): Automatic WD publishing tool may change the W3C center of gravity around WGs [Process Document] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2014-09-10)

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