Apologies if it has already been mentioned in the issue, but could the webm project be nudged towards officializing their mimetype?
On Wed, Dec 3, 2014, 05:56 Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> wrote: > On 02Dec2014 21:16, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > >On 12/2/2014 7:07 PM, Chris Rebert wrote: > >>To summarize the issue, it proposes adding an entry for WebM ( > >>http://www.webmproject.org/docs/container/#naming ) to the mimetypes > >>standard library module's file-extension to MIME-type database. > >>(Specifically: .webm => video/webm ) [...] > > > >If it has remained a defacto standard for the two years since your > >made that list, that would be a point in favor of recognizing it. > >Have .webm files become more common in actual use? > > Subjectively I've seen a few more about that I think I used to. > And there are definitely some .webm files on some websites I support. > > Can't say if they're more common in terms of hard data though. But if most > browsers expect them, arguably we should recognise their existence. > > Usual disclaimer: I am not a python-dev. > > Cheers, > Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> > > The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from; > furthermore, if you do not like any of them, you can just wait for next > year's model. - Andrew S. Tanenbaum > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/ > kaiser.yann%40gmail.com >
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