Re: [DRAFT] Heartbeat poll

On Jul 31, 2009, at 6:09 AM, Sam Ruby wrote:

> Given the number of objections, I don't believe that they can all be  
> resolved by Monday, so here are the options I have heard so far.
>
> 1) Publish Ian's draft as is, along with the HTML 5 differences
>    from HTML 4. [SR]
> 2) Publish Ian's draft, the HTML 5 differences from HTML 4, and
>    Manu's draft. [LM, JF1]
> 3) Publish Ian's draft, the HTML 5 differences from HTML 4, and
>    Mike's draft. [LM, JF1]
> 4) Instruct Mike Smith to work with Ian to incorporate [text to
>    be provided by John Foliot] into Ian's draft [JF2]
> 5) Publish Ian's draft. [LHS]

It seems to me that #4 as stated is orthogonal to publication. Any  
combination of doing or not doing #1 and #4 would be valid, for example.

Perhaps the intent was that #4 gives a precondition to publication. In  
that case, is the precondition giving instructions to Mike Smith, or  
does Mike Smith have to be successful in getting John Foliot's not-yet- 
written text into Ian's draft to satisfy the precondition? It seems  
like the latter option could lead to indefinite delay in publication.

Regards,
Maciej

Received on Friday, 31 July 2009 23:48:23 UTC