IRC log of html-editors on 2016-08-02

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Regrets: Alex
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present+ Steve
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present+
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present- Alex
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present- Travis
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present- Chaals
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present- Léonie
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https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Team/team-html-editors/2016Aug/0005.html
20:06:07 [LJWatson]
zakim, take up item 1
20:06:07 [Zakim]
agendum 1. "longdesc http://github.com/w3c/html/issues/507" taken up [from LJWatson]
20:06:36 [plh]
arronei?
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Travis?
20:07:32 [arronei]
Travis and I are connecting now
20:10:51 [plh]
http://github.com/w3c/html/issues/507
20:12:58 [plh]
Travis: Ade says he isn't a big fan of this integration
20:13:13 [plh]
... it's important that we articulate what has been added to the spec
20:13:20 [plh]
... making it clear what we have done
20:13:26 [plh]
... and then he has a list of thigns
20:13:41 [plh]
... 1) removing the attribute from the deprecated list
20:13:56 [plh]
Steve: was in the obsolete section of the spec
20:14:13 [plh]
Travis: (very reasonnable)
20:14:33 [plh]
... we added examples: unnecessary in Ade opiion but editorial only
20:14:41 [plh]
... added a reference, unnecessary but ok
20:14:48 [chaals]
-> https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/9bb5b54b618d4708af8abfa19c7cd3bece097166 exactly what we added…
20:14:57 [plh]
... added some technical details, which he is not certain on that one
20:15:17 [plh]
... but we didn't import the technical content which is already in the longdesc spec
20:15:30 [plh]
... [that was Ade feedback]
20:15:51 [plh]
... if we can outline these 4 points, he could clear the air
20:16:04 [plh]
... ie clearing the misunderstanding
20:16:33 [plh]
Leonie: the issue is still open but the conversation disgressed
20:16:48 [plh]
... chaals believes it should be closed
20:17:00 [plh]
... others would lime to keep it open
20:17:20 [plh]
... Ade list is an accurate summary?
20:17:47 [plh]
Chaals: not sure about the examples. attribute list yes. IDL attribute in.
20:18:18 [plh]
q+
20:18:33 [plh]
Leonie: we have this concept of applicable specs
20:18:57 [plh]
... an extension is not HTML5 conforming, ie HTML5 conformance doesn't depend on extensions
20:21:02 [plh]
ack plh
20:21:04 [chaals]
[+1 to remove the IDL piece]
20:21:19 [plh]
plh: we should remove the IDL definition from HTML 5.1. it's already defined in the longdesc spec
20:21:35 [plh]
... unless we remove it, it will destroy our extension story
20:21:54 [plh]
... and it duplicates the definition, which isn't a good thing
20:22:03 [plh]
Leonie: what about the examples?
20:23:23 [plh]
Steve: as long as the examples are non-normatives, we should be ok
20:23:49 [plh]
Steve: the attribute shoudln't be listed in the attribute list
20:23:57 [plh]
... since it's defined through extensions
20:24:18 [plh]
Leonie: so leave examples if those are non-normative but remove the attribute from the list
20:24:25 [plh]
... ok?
20:24:41 [plh]
Travis: I think it's appropriate to keep the examples in
20:26:12 [plh]
... so we remove longdesc from the tables but keep it in examples since we want to show end to end scenario perhaps
20:26:21 [plh]
Leonie: are we ok with that?
20:26:42 [plh]
Chaals: so, assuming that we collect a set of specs that impact HTML, that seems ok to me
20:28:06 [plh]
... if we have 14 specs, which some who have 0 meaning outside of html, it should be clear that it's applicable to HTML
20:29:02 [plh]
Leonie: if we have such list, that would be useful indeed
20:31:58 [plh]
[discussion on where to put the "registry" of html elements and attributes]
20:33:51 [plh]
plh: how about a group note and link it from the spec?
20:36:41 [plh]
Summary: remove IDL attribute, and from the attribute/index list, propose to the Group to publish a Note and link the note from the spec. keep the examples.
20:37:15 [plh]
[no pushback]
20:37:32 [LJWatson]
zakim, next item
20:37:33 [Zakim]
agendum 2. "Modularisation plan" taken up [from LJWatson]
20:38:11 [plh]
Leonie: Mozilla wasn't/isn't happy with the lack of modularization
20:38:23 [plh]
... we need to start looking seriously for 5.2
20:38:32 [plh]
... and present a plan to the WG at TPAC
20:38:43 [plh]
... Travis mega patch is probably related to this?
20:39:21 [plh]
Travis: I suggested that one way of modularizing the spec is to extract the pieces related to scripting (setting up the env, execution, ...)
20:39:31 [plh]
... pulling those into one document
20:40:01 [chaals]
q+
20:40:03 [plh]
... it's an incremental benefit, but the desire to continue to do easy ports of WHATWG contributions in this area
20:40:15 [plh]
... a lot of really good changes are happening from Domenic
20:40:28 [plh]
... and we'd like to take a lot of that content and adapt it
20:40:50 [plh]
... a success here would be to modularize and make it easier to integrate
20:41:21 [plh]
... ideally, we wouldn't have the duality here, but modularization seems against their principle
20:41:40 [plh]
... an other case: web workers and web messaging
20:41:57 [plh]
... they felt by the way side that bringing back and update
20:42:43 [plh]
Chaals: +1 to Travis. splitting different from WHATWG will make hard for people working across the 2
20:43:23 [plh]
... make it harder for folks to keep it in sync
20:45:31 [plh]
Travis: Ade is working on a plan to align with WHATWG. could lead to a closer relations or could get the situation worst
20:46:06 [plh]
... I'm interested in finding a way to do the modularization with the WHATWG as well
20:46:57 [plh]
... perhaps we could start with html parsing
20:47:07 [plh]
... we could make a module for that
20:47:18 [plh]
... and it's straightforward
20:47:29 [chaals]
[+1 for splitting out parsing]
20:47:32 [plh]
... like the DOM parsing spec
20:47:47 [plh]
Leonie: we already spinned out aria btw
20:49:06 [plh]
Travis: we should think about modularization the parts of html that are least likely to change
20:49:20 [plh]
... would be easier to update in the future
20:49:41 [plh]
... html parser has bug but not really an active part of the spec
20:49:56 [plh]
Leonie: can you provide a list of stable areas of the spec?
20:49:59 [plh]
Travis: sure
20:50:22 [plh]
ACTION: Travis to provide a list of stable parts of the spec as potential candidates for modules
20:50:32 [LJWatson]
`zakim, take up next item
20:50:35 [plh]
Topic: 5.1 implementation report
20:51:23 [plh]
[Thanks to Chaals for producing an implementation report]
20:51:41 [plh]
Chaals: "scooped us from WHATWG" isn't a useful comment
20:51:46 [plh]
... so document your changes
20:52:00 [plh]
... one thing which is not implemented
20:52:15 [plh]
... :dir is only in Firefox
20:52:28 [plh]
... and one thing that is only in Blink
20:52:42 [plh]
... current proposal is to go to PR without warning for those
20:52:54 [plh]
... so that we can start focusing on html 5.2
20:53:02 [plh]
s/without/with/
20:53:11 [plh]
... it's possible that the implementation report is shaky
20:53:22 [Travis]
[+1 to Chaals' plan to push forward with current implementation report]
20:53:42 [plh]
q+
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ack chaals
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ack pl
20:55:08 [chaals]
PLH: dir is implemented in Firefox, but isn't an HTML feature
20:55:23 [chaals]
… for promises rejection handlers, blink has partial implementation, and that's it.
20:56:01 [chaals]
… looking at that and probablySupportsContext(), compard to re-doing the CR process in toto to clean that up looks like a lot of work.
20:56:52 [plh]
chaals: we forgot some bits related to multiple for input/range
20:56:59 [plh]
... there is a PR to remove the rest
20:57:26 [plh]
Leonie: so, we're good for a CfC?
20:57:42 [plh]
Chaals: editors should add a note
20:57:51 [plh]
Steve: I'll do it
20:58:57 [plh]
... I'll do a PR for longdesc as well
20:59:06 [LJWatson]
zakim, take up next item
20:59:06 [Zakim]
agendum 3. "5.1 implementation report" taken up [from LJWatson]
20:59:17 [plh]
Topic: WHATWG triage
20:59:47 [plh]
Leonie: can we meet on August 15?
20:59:54 [plh]
Steve: I'm away
21:00:06 [chaals]
s/15/16
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Chaals: difficult for me
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Leonie: August 9?
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Steve: I'll be in a plance
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s/ance/ane/
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[dates are flying]
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August 30
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Chaals: I can do 24 and 25 as well
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August 25, time to be defined
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https://github.com/w3c/html/issues/550
21:01:55 [chaals]
s/24 and//
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[plh raised the MSE issue 550]
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