LGTM - agreed that there's little to no downside to a long-running trial here since this isn't about new functionality.
On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 3:36 PM Mike Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > *Hi there,* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * We would like to extend the User-Agent Reduction OT again, from M107 to > M111 (inclusive). As announced in our I2S for “Phase 5” > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/kC-AeZ1fSdY/m/HhYYNDeACAAJ>, > we intend to roll out the next phase of UA reduction gradually until M111. > We’ve received a request from the ecosystem that it would benefit testers > and developers to continue testing with the user-agent reduction until the > rollout to general availability reaches 100%, which seems very reasonable. > (We might come back and ask for another extension for “Phase 6” testing, > but let’s wait until there’s demand for that.) Original I2E > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/R0xKm1B7qoQ/ > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/R0xKm1B7qoQ/> > First I2EE > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/6x6WH2Odzfo/m/FkDjee5cHQAJ > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/6x6WH2Odzfo/m/FkDjee5cHQAJ> > Second I2EE > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/jjGeFtHhak4/m/jgldkEkHBgAJ > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/jjGeFtHhak4/m/jgldkEkHBgAJ> > Experiment Timeline M107-M111 inclusive Reason this experiment is being > extended Like the previous extension, we believe the risks for burn-in > don't apply, because this OT just enables what we are planning to ship as > default behavior in the future (and the OT stopped working last week). We > still have not received negative feedback or reports of breaking from OT > participants, and are encouraged by that fact. Here’s the relevant info > required for OT extensions beyond 6 milestones: Draft spec: - > https://compat.spec.whatwg.org/#ua-string-chrome > <https://compat.spec.whatwg.org/#ua-string-chrome> - We’ve made solid > progress against the open UA string issues, and have documented the recent > landing of “Phase 4” in Chromium. We plan to continue improving things > here. TAG review: - https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/640 > <https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/640> - closed as > “Satisfied with concerns” bit.ly/blink-signals > <http://bit.ly/blink-signals> requests - Gecko: Shipped/Shipping. Firefox > has frozen (or capped) much of their UA string already. - WebKit: > Shipped/Shipping. Safari has already frozen everything in their UA string > except for version number info. - Web developers: Mixed signals. Reactions > have ranged from positive to indifferent to negative, from various > channels. WPT tests - None yet, since UAs have flexibility to diverge here. > With more alignment, this may make sense in the future. Thanks, Mike * > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "blink-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/45f668db-e8bc-5c32-291f-1b269013dd14%40chromium.org > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/45f668db-e8bc-5c32-291f-1b269013dd14%40chromium.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAFUtAY-B6opZE6q7pONjiFXG3G%3DHPwUgzzj21ncSCfPGq7L90g%40mail.gmail.com.
