On Jul 22, 2009, at 10:56 PM, Ian Hickson wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jul 2009, Adrian Bateman wrote:
My preference would be to see this functionality proposed as an
evolution of AppCache. While I can't commit that we would implement
it
any time soon, it would be included in our considerations and at the
very least if we implement AppCache we would try to ensure any
architecture we select wouldn't preclude these extensions in the
future.
With work on the HTML5 spec trying to get it locked down towards a
Last
Call, adding new features to that document is clearly less
desirable and
I understand Ian's reluctance to incorporate extensions there.
My preference in general would be for us to wait until we have stable,
well-tested implementations before adding more features to appcache,
but I
certainly think that on the long term, appcache should be extended to
support more than it does now. As it stands, the model is quite
extensible, so I think it would be relatively easy for us to move in
that
direction in the future.
Don't we have AppCache implementations in Firefox and Safari? Are
there parts of the spec that we don't yet have implementation
experience or enough feedback about?
I happen to think that work on DataCache should not wait for the "long
term" to arrive. May be it is just me, but I don't see harm in getting
to an FPWD on DataCache before HTML5 Last Call.
I do agree that we should not create an impression that AppCache is
solid, and so am open to suggestions about avoiding that.
Nikunj
http://o-micron.blogspot.com
