? bug-for-every-change.patch.txt
? feature-freeze-v2.patch.txt
? feature-freeze.patch.txt
? limit-lc2-scope.patch.txt
? too-late-for-features.patch.txt
? wg-decision-deadline.patch.txt
Index: decision-policy-v2.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/public/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy-v2.html,v
retrieving revision 1.38
diff -u -r1.38 decision-policy-v2.html
--- decision-policy-v2.html	2 Aug 2011 07:05:55 -0000	1.38
+++ decision-policy-v2.html	10 Apr 2012 17:59:35 -0000
@@ -641,14 +641,20 @@
 
 <dt id="lc-review-step-3">3. Review Period Ends</dt>
 <dd>
-The end of the review period is the cutoff for bugs to be considered
+<p>The end of the review period is the cutoff for bugs to be considered
 as Last Call or Pre-Last Call feedback. Bugs beyond this date will NOT
 be treated as pre-LC or LC comments (whichever is relevant). The
 Chairs could grant exceptions on a case-by-case basis, but in general
 there is no guarantee of a bug filed after the cutoff being settled
 during the Last Call period. Any such bugs will be considered during a
 subsequent Last Call, during the Candidate Recommendation phase, or
-for a future version of HTML.
+for a future version of HTML.</p>
+
+<p>For second and subsequent Last Calls, only comments related to
+changes made since the start of the previous Last Call will be
+accepted. This is to ensure we do not get into an infinite regress of
+new feedback; only new changes will get re-reviewed.</p>
+
 </dd>
 
 <dt id="lc-review-step-4">4. Editors Complete Initial Responses</dt>
@@ -839,12 +845,24 @@
 arguably a feature addition - even arguably ambiguous cases such as documenting
 longstanding de facto standard features.</p>
 
-<p>Therefore during a pre-LC review, or during a Last Call, feature
+<p>Therefore during a pre-LC review, feature
 additions or removals should only be done with sufficient prior notice
 to the group, in the form of a bug, a WG decision, or an on-list
 discussion. This applies only to LC-track drafts and does not apply to
 drafts that may include material for future versions of HTML.</p>
 
+<p>After the start of Last Call (and through subsequent Last Calls)
+features can only be added to or removed from the specification with
+prior concurrence of the Working Group, in one of the following forms:</p>
+
+<ol>
+<li>A Working Group Decision to adopt a Change Proposal for a tracker issue, via a survey decision.
+
+<li>A Working Group Decision to adopt a Change Proposal for a tracker issue, via a Call for Consensus.
+
+</ol>
+
+
 
 <h3>What kind of changes might this revert policy apply to?</h3>