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by EE84M3i 2176 days ago
That "single individual on a mailing list" is Ryan Sleevi, who is basically the voice of Google in all matters to do with TLS PKI, and as I understand it is not working with a "opinions my own" cop-out in this context. It's not some rando
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In addition to his role with Google/Chrome, he is also a peer of the Mozilla CA module and has a lot of influence in Mozilla's policies as well.
It’s still one person. There needs to be a consensus, and that consensus hasn’t been reached. As has already been mentioned in other comments, Mozilla said they wouldn’t enforce the 7-day deadline.