Re-added note from Brad about possibility of using other techniques to accomplish some pieces of gradient functionality.

Author: tabatkins

css3-images/Overview.html

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
    <h1>CSS Image Values and Replaced Content Module Level 3</h1>
 
-   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 2 July 2011</h2>
+   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 6 July 2011</h2>
 
    <dl>
     <dt>Latest Version:
@@ -731,7 +731,13 @@ <h2 id=gradients><span class=secno>5. </span> Gradients</h2>
    &lsquo;<code class=property>background-repeat</code>&rsquo; not equal to
    &lsquo;<code class=property>round</code>&rsquo;), the "box" will simply be
    the size of the background sizing area. If you use a gradient in a
-   list-style-image, the "box" will be a 1em square.</p>
+   list-style-image, the "box" will be a 1em square.
+
+  <p class=issue>It has been suggested that several of the controls offered
+   by gradients are unnecessary. Repeating gradients could potentially be
+   done by hooking into ‘background-repeat’, sizing and positioning
+   radial gradients could be done by hooking into ‘background-size’ and
+   ‘background-position’, etc.</p>
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   <h3 id=linear-gradients><span class=secno>5.1. </span> Linear Gradients</h3>

css3-images/Overview.src.html

@@ -472,6 +472,8 @@ <h2 id="gradients">
 	area.  If you use a gradient in a list-style-image, the "box" will be a 1em 
 	square.</p>
 
+	<p class=issue>It has been suggested that several of the controls offered by gradients are unnecessary. Repeating gradients could potentially be done by hooking into ‘background-repeat’, sizing and positioning radial gradients could be done by hooking into ‘background-size’ and ‘background-position’, etc.</p>
+
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 <h3 id='linear-gradients'>