From: Pazu <pazu@pazu.com.br>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:26:36 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Removes the <?xml?> declaration from gitweb.pl
Message-ID: <egk24r$hgb$1@sea.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <egjnk5$bpn$2@sea.gmane.org>

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