[whatwg] <base> elements, again

Ian Hickson ian at hixie.ch
Mon May 9 13:08:20 PDT 2011


On Mon, 9 May 2011, Boris Zbarsky wrote:
> 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.

Ok. I propose we keep a holding pattern on this and see if we can tough it 
through.

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