[whatwg] <base> elements, again

Boris Zbarsky bzbarsky at MIT.EDU
Mon May 9 12:55:53 PDT 2011


On 5/8/11 12:11 AM, Ian Hickson wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jan 2011, Boris Zbarsky wrote:
>>
>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=627361
>
> The conclusion seems to have been to attempt to keep the spec as it
> stands, and try to get the remaining problems addressed via evangelism.
>
> I approve of such an approach because it means I don't have to do
> anything. Also, and more importantly, the spec as it stands now is
> somewhat sane and pretty much any behaviour to address the remaining
> compatibility issues moves us away from sanity.
>
> Have there been more compatibility problems reported with<base>  in the
> past few months that would change this conclusion?

We've had more reports of the Unicenter failure, but no other new issues 
reported, I believe.

-Boris



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