On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 7:30 PM, Karen Shaeffer <shaef...@neuralscape.com>wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 07, 2013 at 05:40:33PM -0700, Ryosuke Niwa wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Jon Rimmer <jon.rim...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > As well as being in Chrome, custom property support is also being > > > developed by Mozilla[4]. It is an actively edited W3C spec that is > expected > > > to reach Last Call status soon[5]. Given that situation, removing it > from > > > WebKit seems a very negative step. If it is removed and remains > > > unimplemented in Safari and other WebKit browsers, then they will > continue > > > to fall behind competing layout engines. If it is removed now and must > be > > > resurrected at a later date, then the total cost is likely to be > greater > > > than making the effort to turn it on and take ownership of it *now*. > > > > > > > I definitely see a value in keeping the feature. However, there is a > > practical problem of someone having to maintain the code. Now that all > > contributors who have previously worked on this feature has left to work > on > > Blink, I don't see who can be maintaining this code in WebKit. Are you > > volunteering to maintain the code? If not, then who is? > > > > Not having this feature will be unfortunate and we might need to add it > > back in the future, but that's much better than leaving unmaintained code > > in our codebase. > > Hi Niwa, > I am willing to consider if it is practical for me to volunteer to > maintain CSS > variables for the webkit project. I'll need a week to make an informed > decision, > because I already have a full plate. But I am very interested in webkit, > and this > seems like a good time to step up to help the team. CSS variables does > appear to > be a worthy feature to maintain. If the team is willing to let this sit > for a week, > then that'll give me time to consider the issue properly. > Excellent! Please let us know once you've decided whether you can take the ownership or not. - R. Niwa
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