19:57:33 RRSAgent has joined #html 19:57:33 logging to http://www.w3.org/2016/04/05-html-irc 19:58:01 Zakim has joined #html 19:58:16 agenda+ Timeline 19:58:26 agenda+ Bug triage 19:58:32 agenda+ Interop testing 19:58:41 agenda+ Regular call time 19:58:51 rrsagent, set logs world-visible 20:03:59 plh has joined #html 20:04:13 SteveF has joined #html 20:04:37 Meeting: HTML editing 20:04:48 scribeNick: plh 20:05:32 chair: chaals 20:05:53 present+ chaals, plh, steveF, alexD 20:06:03 Topic: timeline 20:06:04 present+ Leonie 20:06:24 Chaals: goal is to ship a REC within this charter 20:06:30 ... which means PR in August 20:06:44 ... and CR by mid-June to run the patent clock 20:06:52 ... so 2 variables 20:06:59 ... do we get enough stuff done by then? 20:07:06 ... and do we get consensus from the WG? 20:07:17 ... the approach is: 20:07:28 ... lots of changes: ficaption, summary, etc. 20:07:34 ... things that didn't make into HTML 5 20:07:45 ... we'd like to improve editorially as much as we can 20:07:59 Steve: can we change tyhings during CR period? 20:08:14 Chaals: yes, but we assume we'll have a branch 20:08:23 ... and we'll leave it alone at that point 20:08:33 ... and do changes on 5.2 20:08:49 Steve: so CR by mid-June. this gives us 2 months 20:08:54 Chaals: yes 20:09:05 ... we won't get everything we'd like by then 20:09:16 Steve: when do we identify things to be pulled out? 20:09:32 Chaals: I'm going to start later tonight Call for Consensus 20:09:40 ... but if things don't work, they should work 20:09:43 s/work/go/ 20:09:55 ... like outline stuff 20:09:57 ... accesskey 20:10:05 ... this dooesn't work 20:10:23 Steve: accesskey attribute? 20:10:39 Chaals: no the changes between html 4 and html 5 are all fantasy 20:10:49 ... html 5 stuff should be reverted 20:10:53 Steve: re outline algo 20:11:04 ... it's no problem sitting since he doesn't have requirements 20:11:13 ... but it needs better explanation 20:11:20 ... and needs to be broken out 20:11:58 ... [...] 20:13:40 Chaals: if it's an element that never got implemented, we just pull it out 20:14:03 ... we might need call for consensus for some 20:14:30 ... substantive changes should be justified 20:14:37 ... and be accompanied by tests 20:15:17 Alex: what about updates to the WD? 20:15:21 Chaals: montly 20:15:25 ... next update is next week 20:16:07 PLH: WOuld like to take the snapshot Friday for publication 20:16:33 CMN: Seems fair, I'll shoot for Friday then. 20:17:46 Plh: I'll take whatever is in the repo on Friday then 20:17:51 zakim, close item 1 20:17:51 agendum 1, Timeline, closed 20:17:52 I see 3 items remaining on the agenda; the next one is 20:17:52 2. Bug triage [from LJWatson] 20:18:18 Zakim, take up item 3 20:18:18 agendum 3. "Interop testing" taken up [from LJWatson] 20:19:30 Chaals: approach is that we want tests to justify changes 20:19:34 Travis has joined #html 20:19:40 ... HTML 5.0 got through an interop test 20:20:08 ... if all the changes that we make come with tests, that should be a no brainer to go back to the Director 20:20:27 rrsagent, draft minutes 20:20:27 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2016/04/05-html-minutes.html chaals 20:20:50 ... while I would like to have tests for the testharness, it's not a requirement 20:20:57 ... just a nice to have 20:21:04 ... so manual tests are fine 20:21:29 ... in the long term, we'll keep doing better 20:21:44 Leonie: is there any template or structure for tests? 20:21:47 Chaals: yes 20:21:52 ... testharness 20:22:37 Plh: I'm happy to help 20:24:15 ACTION: plh to organize a testharness teaching session 20:26:05 Chaals: anounce it to public-html 20:27:03 Plh: I'll organize a doodle poll 20:28:05 Charles: does the testing plan make sense to you? 20:28:16 Plh: yes, as long as we cut out features that are not implemented enough 20:28:51 Charles: agreed. nothing should stop us from being ruthless 20:29:58 Leonie: do we have a list of things to remove? 20:30:02 Charles: I have 4 20:30:09 Travis: +1 to cut 20:30:21 Alex: what's our bar? 2 browsers 20:30:35 q+ 20:30:55 Steve: are we going to vary from the HTML5 exit criteria? 20:31:03 ... it was 2 rendering engines 20:31:13 Travis: it was passive permissive 20:31:21 ... because it was widely deployed 20:31:43 q+ 20:31:48 ack chaals 20:32:07 Chaals: other parts have not been tested and were never implemented 20:32:23 ... so a c ouple of engines 20:32:34 ... but there is no general rule at W3C 20:32:52 ... having implementers swearing they'll do it might be convincing 20:32:53 exit criteria for html5 https://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/public-permissive-exit-criteria.html 20:33:18 ... but having implementers saying they'd like to remove it, might make it the other way 20:33:48 "is sufficiently clear, complete, and relevant to market needs, to ensure that independent interoperable implementations of each feature of the specification will be realized" 20:33:52 arronei has joined #html 20:34:00 Steve: we need to have those rules written down 20:34:11 ... why not just reused the ones from HTML5? 20:34:20 ... and do a Call for Consensus to use that again 20:34:42 ack me 20:34:44 ack pl 20:35:58 q+ to say yeah, let's make something based on those criteria 20:36:17 ack me 20:36:17 chaals, you wanted to say yeah, let's make something based on those criteria 20:36:18 +1 to public permissive v3 exit criteria 20:37:05 Chaals: when we get to CR, we don't need to spend a month writing a full test report 20:37:33 Steve: we've got to have something to define our criteria 20:37:44 ... because people we'll be asking questions 20:37:58 s/when we get to/If we make these requirements part of the acceptance for each change, then when we enter/ 20:38:01 ... reusing the ones from HTML 5.0 means the work is already done for us 20:38:29 ... if we spit up the spec and flag things up for removal... 20:38:45 Alex: I have a tool that can run through the APIs in the spec 20:39:05 ... how about I create issues on those who don't have 2 implementations? 20:39:40 ... I'll raise issues 20:39:45 [All: +1] 20:39:53 s/Alex/Arron 20:40:35 Arron: I hope to have the info in the next 2 or 3 minutes. it's a public tool 20:40:59 http://aka.ms/apicatalog/ 20:41:00 Chaals: I'll setup a call for consensus to the Group for the exit criteria 20:41:28 ACTION: Charles to get the Group to decide on the HTMl exit criteria 20:41:34 ACTION: Chaals to CfC on "exit criteria" as a requirement for accepting any change 20:42:19 ACTION: Arron will enter issues based on API implementation feedback 20:43:01 zakim, agenda? 20:43:01 I see 3 items remaining on the agenda: 20:43:02 2. Bug triage [from LJWatson] 20:43:02 3. Interop testing [from LJWatson] 20:43:02 4. Regular call time [from LJWatson] 20:43:10 Topic: Bug Triage 20:43:28 Chaals: we cleaned out the a11y bugs and give action items away 20:43:43 ... but there are a bunch of other bugs from bugzilla 20:44:03 ... how do we triage github issues? 20:44:59 http://github.adrianba.net/webstandards/HTML5-bugs.htm 20:46:48 Plh: asking the editors to sort out which bugs are 5.1 would be good 20:47:23 ACTION: Plh to create a milesone 5.1 in the repo 20:48:50 agenda+ getting up to speed 20:49:23 Travis: what happened to the issues we don't migrate? 20:49:40 Chaals: they'll disapear over time 20:49:47 Travis: incubator group project? 20:50:24 Chaals: yes. the bugs might come back again however 20:52:06 Topic: Next Call? 20:52:22 s/Call/Bug Triage Call/ 20:54:19 Leonie: let's finish the a11 bugs this week 20:54:37 ... and see where we are after that 20:55:02 Arron: we'll look into organizing a bug triage call 20:55:25 Topic: Getting up to speed 20:55:33 Chaals: do you feel in control? 20:55:40 ... or need help in figuring things out? 20:55:42 q+ 20:56:03 Travis: curious how we get the commmunity involved in discussing the issues 20:56:40 ... we could divolve into a benevolent editor situation but we should be more inclusive 20:56:50 ... how do we say that an issue needs someone to look into it? 20:57:04 ... does it jump out of the incubation group? 20:57:21 Chaals: we have a label for question for the WG in github 20:57:28 ... and we need to practice that 20:57:46 ... once we start doing that, we'll need a tradition of answering :) 20:58:48 Chaals: the WhATWG spec is removing a lot of semantic elements 20:58:55 Steve: was an Aprils' fools 20:59:08 Chaals: yes 20:59:38 Steve: to get the Group involved, we'll need to write to them 21:02:10 Plh: weekly report? Twitter? 21:02:32 Travis: I'd like to ask people in the trenches 21:03:34 Plh: we can use the w3c twitter account 21:03:44 Steve: and point people to the github issue 21:05:04 https://twitter.com/htmlwg 21:05:35 Steve: we can build it up 21:06:47 ACTION: plh to find who has access to @htmlwg 21:07:40 Chaals: linking stuff in bikeshed 21:07:45 ... seems black art to me 21:08:02 Arron: I know how to link things 21:10:10 Alex: getting the community involved is important and getting things on github is also good rather than email 21:10:46 Chaals: formal comments need to be put into GitHub 21:12:40 Topic: Next meeting 21:12:56 April 26, same time 2000 Zulu 21:13:14 rrsagent, draft minutes 21:13:14 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2016/04/05-html-minutes.html chaals 21:13:15 example of tweet https://twitter.com/stevefaulkner/status/704310868364935169 21:52:16 AlexD has joined #html 23:32:58 AlexD has joined #html