24632 2014-02-12 18:31:02 +0000 [meta][imports]: The spec should have fewer monkey patches 2014-05-06 07:57:20 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WebAppsWG HISTORICAL - Component Model unspecified PC Linux RESOLVED LATER P2 normal --- 24637 24643 25566 20683 1 morrita dglazkov annevk mike public-webapps public-webapps-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 100420 0 morrita 2014-02-12 18:31:02 +0000 Spawned from Bug 24623: > In general we should avoid monkey patching. 1) A specification may not be aware > of the patches being applied and invalidate them. 2) Readers of a specification > may not be aware of the patches being applied and write code that turns out to > be wrong due to patches. 3) If patches start getting applied from multiple > sources the mental model quickly becomes too hard and mistakes start creeping >in all over. We have some for now. This is a master bug to track these to be removed.