provide clearer/common wording for transitions to Obsolete/Superseded status

[tantek]

The process document should provide clearer wording, and/or re-use common wording from other states for how and with what expected time periods transitions to/from Obsolete/Superseded status happens - in part to address the apparent lack of progress on obsoleting documents as noted: https://www.w3.org/wiki/AB/2017_Priorities#Maintenance and also to provide clear(er) escalation/appeal paths.

[jeffjaffe]

Tantek, can you make a text proposal?

[nrooney]

Waiting on proposal from @tantek

[dwsinger]

will close soon if no action. ping @tantek

[cwilso]

I still think this should be done.

[css-meeting-bot]

The Revising W3C Process CG just discussed provide clearer/common wording for transitions to Obsolete/Superseded status.

The full IRC log of that discussion

<fantasai> Topic: provide clearer/common wording for transitions to Obsolete/Superseded status
<fantasai> github: https://github.com//issues/141
<fantasai> cwilso: Haven't done anything on this yet
<fantasai> dsinger: Hopes? expectations?
<fantasai> cwilso: yes, unlikely before mid-NOv
<fantasai> florian: Overlaps with previous topic we just discussed
<wseltzer> q+

[dwsinger]

consider closing in the absence of action

[css-meeting-bot]

The Revising W3C Process CG just discussed transitions to Obsolete/Superseded, and agreed to the following:

• RESOLVED: Assigned to Tantek to propose wording

The full IRC log of that discussion

<fantasai> Topic: transitions to Obsolete/Superseded
<fantasai> github: https://github.com//issues/141
<fantasai> dsinger_: Waiting on Tantek for proposed wording, proposed to close otherwise...
<fantasai> dsinger_: tantek is on the call today :)
<fantasai> tantek: I thought y'all would do the work :)
<fantasai> florian: I don't disagree that this section is editorially improveable
<fantasai> tantek: ...
<fantasai> florian: We did decide that we wanted to make editorial improvements to Process to make it easier to read
<fantasai> florian: whether we want this particular issue to be tracked, idk
<fantasai> florian: assigning to Tantek seems one way to make progress on it
<fantasai> cwilso: I had this assigend to me because Tantek wanted to keep it open and wasn't participating at the time
<fantasai> RESOLVED: Assigned to Tantek to propose wording