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| ====== Spec Advancement Process ====== | ====== Spec Advancement Process Proposal ====== |
| By default the CSSWG follows the W3C Process: http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/ | By default the CSSWG follows the W3C Process: http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/ |
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| Here are some thoughts on improvements. | Here are some thoughts on improvements. |
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| ===== test and implementation driven accelerated spec advancement ===== | ===== test and implementation driven agile spec advancement ===== |
| One of the most common criticisms of the CSSWG is that specs/features take too long. In particular many features have been implemented with vendor prefixes, inconveniencing authors and implementers alike for *years* and resulting in a need to maintain support for prefixed properties ([[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/Layout/CSS_Compatibility#CSS_vendor-prefix_compatibility|or worse]]). | One of the most common criticisms of the CSSWG is that specs/features take too long. In particular many features have been implemented with vendor prefixes, inconveniencing authors and implementers alike for *years* and resulting in a need to maintain support for prefixed properties ([[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/Layout/CSS_Compatibility#CSS_vendor-prefix_compatibility|or worse]]). |
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| * **CR->PR.** At the end of the CR implementation period, the CR is automatically published as a PR. Any features that are not interoperably implemented are dropped and postponed to the next version. | * **CR->PR.** At the end of the CR implementation period, the CR is automatically published as a PR. Any features that are not interoperably implemented are dropped and postponed to the next version. |
| * **PR->REC.** Follow standard W3C process. Suggestions welcome. | * **PR->REC.** Follow standard W3C process. Suggestions welcome. |
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| | ===== See Also ===== |
| | * [[http://www.w3.org/wiki/Spec_Advancement|W3C Spec Advancement proposal]] - a generic form of this proposal for any W3C spec. |
