On Tue, 2 Dec 2014 16:07:47 -0800 Chris Rebert <py...@rebertia.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm seeking to move http://bugs.python.org/issue16329 towards conclusion. > Since the discussion on the issue itself seems to have petered out, I > thought I'd bring it up here. > > 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 ) > Mozilla, Microsoft, Opera, and freedesktop.org (the de facto standard > *nix MIME type database package) all acknowledge the existence of a > video/webm MIME type (see the issue for relevant links), and this MIME > type is in WebM's documentation. > However, there is no official IANA registration for WebM's MIME type, > and none seems to be forthcoming/planned.
I don't think we have to wait for IANA. There certainly won't be a competition around the "video/webm" MIME type, so no harm would be done by adding it to the module. Regards Antoine. > > As R.D.M. said in the issue: > > So we have two choices: > > leave it to the platform mime types file to define because it is not even > > on track to be an official IANA standard, > > or include it with a comment that it is a de-facto standard. > [...] > > I guess I'd be OK with adding it as a de-facto standard, though I'm not > > entirely comfortable with it. But that would represent a change in policy, > > so others may want to weigh in. > > > Nobody has weighed in during the subsequent ~2 years, so I'm hoping a > few of y'all could weigh in one way or the other, and thus bring the > issue to a definitive conclusion. > > Cheers, > Chris > -- > https://github.com/cvrebert _______________________________________________ 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/archive%40mail-archive.com