Problem/Motivation
Ran across this while working on the Attribute system code - I wrote the code to output Boolean attributes in accordance to HTML5 standards. However the testing system uses XPath for validation, and Boolean attributes are one area where XHTML and HTML have never matched. I set the code to output this:
<option selected value="some value">Label</option>
But Xpath, as an XHTML validator, is looking for
<option selected="selected" value="some value">Label</option>
When I adjusted my code it passed all tests, and this close to 8.0 roll out its not remotely worth it to resolve this or any other XHTML vs. HTML validation issue - but long term if the codebase is to output valid HTML (not XHTML) code a parser other than XPath will have to be chosen.
Marked as 8.0.x dev since that's where the bug was observed, but realistically 8.1.x is the earliest it can be fixed.
Attached is the prior patch from template assertions which is outputting valid HTML 5 code in the manner that the tester fails because it isn't valid XHTML
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