On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <[email protected]> wrote: >On Apr 29, 2012, at 11:01 AM, Adam Barth <[email protected]> wrote: >> I read <https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/DeprecatingFeatures>, but I'm >> still unsure how to proceed with removing webkitPostMessage and >> aligning postMessage with the spec. No one responded to my earlier >> message, so I'm inclined to just post a patch. > > > Comparing your post to the recommended steps on that page (the page says the > same steps should be applied to removing only the prefixed version of a > feature): > > It looks like you did this: > > * Any deprecation should be sent to webkit-dev for discussion.
Yes. > It doesn't look like you did any of these yet: > > * Any deprecation requires some data as to why the feature can be deprecated. > The goal of the data is to show that the feature is not widely used and is > not popular. The following would qualify: > > * usage statistics in the wild (either by instrumenting the browser or any > other means). > * some discussions on the standard mailing lists underlining that the > standards' bodies don't think there is enough traction to get the feature > standardized. > > * some proof that there is others way to achieve the same result that are > better. On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Ryosuke Niwa <[email protected]> wrote: > It appears to me that the the unprefixed version will be a better > alternative in this case since the websites can just use the same API on all > spec-compliant browsers if ArrayBuffer is supported in the unprefixed > version. Agreed. On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <[email protected]> wrote: > * some proof that web-developers don't care much about this feature. > * ... > > It seems like this hasn't really happened but you did give people due > notice: > > * If several vendors are supporting the feature, we expect people to have > interacted with them to assess their support towards the removal. > > ==> I can add that I'm not aware of any WebKit-specific content at Apple > that uses webkitPostMessage. Great. Thanks, Adam _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
