Re: [xml2rfc-dev] RFC 7991 issue #37: Schema Issue, RFC 7991, In Section 2.12, <br>

[Julian Reschke <[e-mail]>]

On 10/4/2018 3:01 PM, Henrik Levkowetz wrote:
> 
> On 2018-10-04 12:22, Julian Reschke wrote:
>> On 10/4/2018 10:46 AM, Henrik Levkowetz wrote:
> 
>> The point being: when we discussed this we decided we don't want to give
>> authors control over line breaking; except in this specific exception in
>> table cells.
> 
> Julian, what you're saying here makes me sad.  I read this as you saying
> that since the design team made one decision, you're not going to accept
> any changes even if to other people, with new experience, another decision
> makes more sense.  Because this point is not speaking to any arguments
> about the usefulness and consistency of <br> at ail, it is saying that
> since your decision was such then, it has to be such now.
> 
> In that case, what is the meaning with having these discussions at all?
> 
> Are you open only to make changes that you felt were necessary already
> before the implementation and user experience came in?
> ...

No - that's not what I'm saying.

I tried to explain how we got to the current spec. You also haven't 
convinced me that any of the alternatives (forbid <br> in table cells, 
or allow it in more places) makes the vocabulary better.

I don't have any more control over the process than you have, I'm just 
offering my opinion.

Best regards, Julian