78149 - need keyword for html <4 compliance

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(bugzilla.mozilla.org :: Administration, task)

Description

[robbe]

According to http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describekeywords.cgi, "html4"
specifically excludes bugs that break compliance with html 3.2 or lower.

The reasoning behind this is unclear to me -- since compliance to html 3.2 is
largely needed for html 4, we need to track this kind of breakage, too. Either
html4 should be extended, or a new html3 keyword added to encompass these bugs.

Comment 1

[James Green]

Since HTML4 has now been swallowed into XHTML, I suggest that the html4 keyword
be redefined to mean any HTML elements or attributes that are valid in the HTML
4 specification, including those still present from prior HTML specifications
(e.g. <b>).

This could lead to a large number of bugs being given the html4 keyword, however
you could argue that such a practice would lead to better analysis of our
overall HTML conformance.

Asa: any objections to this? Perhaps a relevant newsgroup posting asking for
comments is warranted.

Comment 2

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

hixie, thoughts?

Comment 3

[Hixie (not reading bugmail)]

this is redundant with a dependency on bug 7954. Either one or the other should
be killed off.

Comment 4

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

already have useful tracking bug. wontfix.

Comment 5

[timeless]

vrfy wontfix
Should the html4 keyword be killed?