Re: [whatwg] New URL Standard from Anne van Kesteren on 2012-09-24 ([e-mail] from September 2012)

[Mark Nottingham <[e-mail]>]

On 23/10/2012, at 10:16 AM, Ian Hickson <[e-mail]> wrote:

> I can't speak for Anne, but having experienced the IETF via the hybi work, 
> my own opinion is that the main reason I wouldn't work with the IETF is 
> that the community these days values consensus over technical value and 
> running code, and the culture in the IETF doesn't value the kind of 
> specification style that IMHO leads to better interop. For example, this 
> very thraed -- we're having to argue to convince people that defining 
> error handling is even a valuable thing to do.

Wait - who's making that argument? References, please.

> I have no interest in 
> attempting to get anything done in an environment where that's the level 
> at which the conversation starts.


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