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Re: [PATCH] Removes the <?xml?> declaration from gitweb.pl

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PPazu <pazu@pazu.com.br>
Date
Oct 12, 2006, 00:26 UTC
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Jakub Narebski wrote:
>> The XML declaration forces IE6 into quirks mode, breaking our
>> nice standards compliant stylesheet.
> 
> But isn't it _required_ by XML/XHTML?

As far as I know, it isn't. But even if the specs required it, none of the popular browsers do, and since we're talking about a web page intended for presentation (as opposed to automated data processing), that's what matters.

-- Marcus
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  3. Ralf BaechleOct 11, 2006
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  5. Removes the <?xml?> declaration from gitweb.plPazu, Oct 11, 2006
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