IRC log of pointerevents on 2015-11-03

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Meeting: Pointer Events WG + Touch Events CG Voice Conference
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Agenda: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-pointer-events/2015AprJun/0111.html
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Chair: Art, Rick
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ArtB: can't hear you
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gotta love webex...
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how does this work...
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+present Olli_Pettay
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maybe not
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+present Rick_Byers
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+present Mustaq_Ahmed
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+ present patrick_h_lauke
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+present Dave_Tapuska
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+present Chong_Zhang
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present+ jrossi
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+present Sangwhan_Moon
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audio only, given that I don't apparently have devices to use the Java stuff
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+present jrossi
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lol
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Present: Jacob_Rossi, Rick_Byers, Mustaq_Ahmed, Ted_Dinlocker, Scott_González, Chong_Zhang
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16:06:25 [patrick_h_lauke]
and me :)
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and me
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present+ Dave_Tapuska
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Present+ Patrick_H_Lauke, Olli_Pettay, Doug_Schepers
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Topic: Agree on agenda
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AB: welcome (back) everyone!
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AB: I submitted a draft agenda yesterday <https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-touchevents/2015Nov/0003.html>. The first part is PEWG and then TECG, led by Rick. Rick requested adding pointer events PR#24 to the agenda and that's fine with me.
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Present+ Matt_Brubeck
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AB: any other agenda change requests?
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Topic: Pointer Events: v2 spec status
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AB: Would the editors please give us a quick "state of the spec"? <https://w3c.github.io/pointerevents/>; <https://github.com/w3c/pointerevents/issues>)
16:07:51 [sangwhan]
zakim, agenda?
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I see nothing on the agenda
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RB: we've landed a bunch of tweaks
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… not many major issues
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… but Chrome and the block issues and we can talk about that later
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JR: main Q is correlating spec to issue status
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… lots of things on the list/gh that need to be discussed
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RB: some issues need discussing; 15 are open
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… most are minor and not blocking impls
16:10:12 [patrick_h_lauke]
"blame the cloud"
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JR: would be nice to do some triage; mark Editorial vs. New/Experimental
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… such as 3D mice
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RB: some are big issues and urgent
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… and blocking implementation
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… f.ex. #8
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… that is biggest issue for Chrome
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JR: if can create a new Lable that would be good
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+1 for label "v2blocking"
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RB: ok, will create "blocking v2"
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We could also use a "milestone"
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for v2
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JR: any other blockers?
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s/JR: any other/RB: any other/
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In my opinion, we shouldn't work explicitly on force without Apple participation
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JR: I expect 3rd party hardware to expose pressure/force
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… so eventually will become more urgent to discuss
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PL: there is a different event model for force and pressure
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… not sure how it might impact us
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JR: can affect how mouse events are fired
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going up now !
16:17:35 [patrick_h_lauke]
to me this is orthogonal to PE though
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AB: can we get someone to create a related issue here?
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sangwhan: do you happen to know how they deal that all in Safari
16:18:01 [patrick_h_lauke]
or it would affect user agents that want to support BOTH touch events + special apple force touch stuff AND PE
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RB: there are a couple of related issues
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smaug: the safari model is a bit strange
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smaug: https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/mac/documentation/AppleApplications/Conceptual/SafariJSProgTopics/RespondingtoForceTouchEventsfromJavaScript.html
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… there are pressure-sensitive touch screens
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… and stylus pressure
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… think force touch is the difficult one
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… we can talk to Apple about it
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… but without them being a member of the WG, not sure they will engage
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… Jacob, can you file an issue?
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TD: I'll work with Jacob to create the issue
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AB: thanks Ted
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Topic: Pointer Events: State of deployment
16:19:59 [patrick_h_lauke]
personally, i think the issue may be more force touch vs touch events v2, rather than pointer events v2
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AB: I'd like to get a sense of which sites are using PointerEvents and how the level of traction  PEs are getting
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JR: I don't have any numbers for now
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… but can send some figures to the list
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RB: I got a few numbers, bit of a heuristi
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… checking http archive, found 10% mention pointerdown
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… 63% mention touchend
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… checking touchstart isn't reliable because it is used for feature detection
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Sites in httparchive (top 450k) - as of Oct 2015, desktop UA
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touchstart: 72% (70% last year)
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touchend: 63% (50% last year)
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pointerdown: 10% (4% last year)
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MSPointerDown: 31% (34% last year)
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that last one is a lot
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AB: Jacob, if you have some data to send to the list, that would be great
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TD: we can run some queries and send the group some data
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I wonder if all this data is based on event support in some script libraries
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sangwhan: I know Beth a little. She worked with Dean Jackson and Benjamin Poulin on the design, I know them better.
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ACTION: Ted send some pointer event usage data to the list
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Created ACTION-154 - Send some pointer event usage data to the list [on Ted Dinklocker - due 2015-11-10].
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Topic: Pointer Events: Interoperability issues
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AB: are there any interoperability issues (especially those that originate back to the spec, such as Pointer Events + Mouse Events + Touch Events)?
16:23:37 [patrick_h_lauke]
re interop: i see lots of activity on PEP
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JR: We should be able to get use-counter data that will be better than Rick's simple static analysis
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RB: I don't have any visibility since we aren't engaging with devlopers re PE now
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JR: when we first started implementing PE and TE we had problems but nothing in a long time
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TD: agree, no related issues for months
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JR: what's your current thinking with TE and Mouse?
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JR: there is a toggle to pick the mode
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… it is gesture based
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in about:flags - Mouse events for touchFire compatible mouse events in response to the tap gesture
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TD: only have TE on by default on Mobile
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JR: yes, that's right
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s/JR: what's your/RB: what's your/
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TD: touch events are off on desktop
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JR: if TE enabled expects gesture model
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… so on surface, TE not on by default
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TD: with continum products have some unique probs
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SG: does IE plan to have TE disabled on desktop?
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JR: yes
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s/does IE plan to/does IE plan to continue to/
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JR: the problem with TE on desktop was far greater than TE on mobile
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RB: I don't see TE going away any time soon, especially on mobile
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… perhaps on desktop they can go away (eventually)
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SG: future devleopers should never even have to know about TEs
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… especially on desktop
16:30:28 [patrick_h_lauke]
sangwhan PEP *may* help here
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Topic: Pointer Events: v2 Implementation status
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AB: is there any new information regarding v2 implementation both for desktops and mobiles? In particular Chrome, FF, IE/Edge, and others.
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CZ: for Chrome [missed status]
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RB: we have done some work; but not capture start which is not easy
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… after that, we will start on hit testing
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s/CZ/MA/
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s/hit testing/capture support and the open question of implicit capture/
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OP: currently PEs are disabled because of one crashing bug
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… once that is fixed, we intend to enable it again
16:33:14 [mustaq]
Chrome impl status: basic event firing is almost done: done for touches, almost done for mouse. Pointer capture is untouched, hope to start soon.
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OP: yes we do support pointer capture
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MB: FF passes all of the v1 test suite
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s/[missed status]/basic event firing is almost done: done for touches, almost done for mouse. Pointer capture is untouched, hope to start soon.
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… that is when the flag is enabled
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TD: we are tracking v2
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… but we don't have firm impl plans yet
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… f.ex. we have not implemented the new touch-action values
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RB: we have implemented the new touch-action value but they are not shipping yet (must turn on flag)
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Topic: Pointer Events WG Charter
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AB: the current charter expires November 9 <http://www.w3.org/2012/pointerevents/charter/>. What, if anything, should be done? Options include re-charter, request extension, close the WG, create a new CG, merge with TECG, ...)?
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AB: what is your inclination Doug?
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DS: no strong opinion
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… until we have something to publish, it doesn't matter that much
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… we can continue to operate as is
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… having a WG might help keep the work moving forward
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… if we want to publish docs, we need a WG or a CG
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… I created a draft charter for a WG http://w3c.github.io/charter-drafts/pointer-events-2015.html
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http://w3c.github.io/charter-drafts/pointer-events-2015.html
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https://github.com/w3c/charter-drafts/blob/gh-pages/pointer-events-2015.html
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http://www.w3.org/2012/pointerevents/charter/
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… it was helpful because it focuses on "what EXACTLY do we want to accomplish"
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RB: the most important thing for me is getting convergence
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… we need to get some issues resolved before we can ship
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… spec needs to be republished
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… think it will be at least 6 months before the v2 spec and impls are aligned
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… if we want to merge the groups, that's fine with me too
16:41:22 [patrick_h_lauke]
+1 agree merging groups
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MB: we are affectively running like one group
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s/affectively/effectively/
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TD: seems like it would make sense to get an extension of the WG to give us time to decide if we should merge, or get a new WG extension
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… our attorneys probably have an opinion, especially regarding merging the two groups
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DS: this group has already had one extension
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… it can be problematic to keep getting extensions
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… if we aren't publishing documents, there is no need for a group
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… Recharter if adding new features
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… v2 is not in initial charter
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… so one can argue the v2 work is already outside of the group's charter
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… thus getting an extension doesn't feel like the right thing to do
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… we certainly can let the group expire, move to a CG and then create a new WG charter if/when we want to start publishing v2
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RB: what about resources for CGs?
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DS: think we can get an exception and get resources if we decide to move to a CG
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SG: no strong opinion
16:47:51 [patrick_h_lauke]
+1 CG would suffice for me
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RB: it would be ok with me to close the WG, start a CG and then create a WG in the future
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SM: there are IP implications here
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JR: think a CG gives lesser IP commitment
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… seems like we all want to eventually publish a v2 REC
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… thus having a WG seems like a better path
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… so a re-charter makes sense to me
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… path of least existance
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DS: the overhead for me is about the same for the various options
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JR: CGs are good for really new stuff
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… but v2 of PE is different; work has already started
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… are we OK with a CG, I suspect yes but if we are going to create a REC, need a WG
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… we can create a draft at any time
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AB: no really strong opinion but since we all seem to want to work toward a v2 REC
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… then a new WG seems like the right way to go
16:56:22 [sangwhan]
ArtB, shepazu: Maybe throw out a WBS and find out what everyone thinks?
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… Think people should submit Issues and PRs against Doug's propsosed v2 WG charter
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DS: please send comments
16:57:12 [jrossi]
Strawman: clone the V1 charter, replace the deliverable with the V2 spec, done! :-)
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AB: so I propose we try to get a new charter
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… any objections to that?
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[ None ]
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RESOLUTION: we are going to work toward a new charter based on Doug's draft
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Topic: Touch Events
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RB: nothing really urgent
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… Apple is implementing some v2 features f.eg. force
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… so we have at least WebKit and Chrome for some v2 features
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… The GEHs - they are already implemented
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… Mostly small tweaks and updating impls to match
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Topic: Pointer Events PR#24
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RB: please see <https://github.com/w3c/pointerevents/pull/24>
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… would like to get Ted and Jacob to review that PR
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Topic: AoB
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AB: please everyone review Doug's PEWG charter http://w3c.github.io/charter-drafts/pointer-events-2015.html and submit PRs and Issues
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DS: Wacom to participate
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JR: if Wacom joins then have all major pen manufactures
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… that would be cool
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RB: the Wacom people I talk to like pointer events!
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AB: thanks all; meeting adjourned!
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zakim, bye
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leaving. As of this point the attendees have been Jacob_Rossi, Rick_Byers, Mustaq_Ahmed, Ted_Dinlocker, Scott_González, Chong_Zhang, Dave_Tapuska, Patrick_H_Lauke, Olli_Pettay,
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ACTION: Ted send some pointer event usage data to the list [1]
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