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Subject: Re: [html5] WHATWG's lack of responsiveness (was re: Suggestion to close this list)
From: Tony Crockford <tonyc () boldfish ! co ! uk>
Date: 2017-08-24 7:41:58
Message-ID: C4AEBA99-C4A6-41DC-86C2-232E7703D36A () boldfish ! co ! uk
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> On 24 Aug 2017, at 08:39, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl <mailto:annevk@annevk.nl>> wrote:
>
> That was the purpose of the whatwg@whatwg.org <mailto:whatwg@whatwg.org> list. However, it wasn't
> possible to follow for most people as you'd get ~300 emails a month
> when it was active. That's in part why discussion now takes place on
> GitHub, where you can cherry pick which topics to follow and give
> feedback on and which to ignore. That helps more people contribute
> more effectively. And it allows more folks to edit the standards too.
> The HTML Standard has gotten patches from over a 100 different people
> now whereas for the majority of time it was written by a single
> person. Overall I think this move has made us more democratic.
>
> The purpose of help@whatwg.org <mailto:help@whatwg.org> was to ask questions about WHATWG
> standards, but it never really got used much.
Ah, thank you for clarification.
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class=""><div class="">On 24 Aug 2017, at 08:39, Anne van Kesteren <<a \
href="mailto:annevk@annevk.nl" class="">annevk@annevk.nl</a>> wrote:</div><br \
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class="">That was the purpose of the<span \
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:whatwg@whatwg.org" \
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class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>list. However, it \
wasn't</span><br style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: 16px; font-style: \
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; \
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style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; \
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: \
start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: \
0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" \
class="">possible to follow for most people as you'd get ~300 emails a \
month</span><br style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: 16px; font-style: \
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; \
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; \
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span \
style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; \
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: \
start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: \
0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" \
class="">when it was active. That's in part why discussion now takes place \
on</span><br style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: 16px; font-style: \
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; \
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; \
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span \
style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; \
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: \
start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: \
0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" \
class="">GitHub, where you can cherry pick which topics to follow and give</span><br \
style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; \
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: \
start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: \
0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: \
AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; \
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; \
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; \
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" \
class="">feedback on and which to ignore. That helps more people contribute</span><br \
style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; \
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: \
start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: \
0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: \
AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; \
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; \
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; \
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" \
class="">more effectively. And it allows more folks to edit the standards \
too.</span><br style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: 16px; font-style: \
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; \
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; \
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span \
style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; \
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: \
start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: \
0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" \
class="">The HTML Standard has gotten patches from over a 100 different \
people</span><br style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: 16px; font-style: \
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; \
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; \
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span \
style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; \
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: \
start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: \
0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" \
class="">now whereas for the majority of time it was written by a single</span><br \
style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; \
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: \
start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: \
0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: \
AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; \
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; \
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; \
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" \
class="">person. Overall I think this move has made us more democratic.</span><br \
style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; \
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: \
start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: \
0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br style="font-family: \
AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; \
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; \
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; \
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: \
AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; \
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; \
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; \
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" \
class="">The purpose of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a \
href="mailto:help@whatwg.org" style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: \
16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; \
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; \
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; \
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" \
class="">help@whatwg.org</a><span style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: \
16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; \
letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; \
white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; \
display: inline !important;" class=""><span \
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>was to ask questions about \
WHATWG</span><br style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: 16px; font-style: \
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; \
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; \
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span \
style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; \
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: \
start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: \
0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" \
class="">standards, but it never really got used \
much.</span></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">Ah, thank you for \
clarification.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br \
class=""></div></body></html>
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