Neither NaCl nor Pepper are trivial pieces of code, they would require maintenance if they were in trunk. If they're not in trunk then the entire discussion on webkit-dev is moot as they would (by definition) not be present in WebKit.
You also haven't said _why_ they're a "cool and useful technology", which was my point. What do they provide that is not already provided by the standardized_ web platform? Taking a large pile of code, to support a platform with no obvious signs of standardization reeks of the "science experiment" concept we don't want in the tree. I have not seen any evidence of a specification document anywhere, and without a spec document how can anyone else write their own implementation? --Oliver On Jul 11, 2013, at 5:46 AM, Jake <j...@jakeonthenet.com> wrote: > I would suggest you re-read the original post - Halton's work adds no > maintenance burden to the webkit project whatsoever. It does, however, make > some very cool and useful technology available to those who choose to use > webkit2. I believe that would qualify as obvious benefit. > > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Oliver Hunt <oli...@apple.com> wrote: > Aside from any other issues, my recollection was that there had not been any > work to formally specify NaCl or Pepper, has that changed? > > I'm also concerned as this adds a significant maintenance burden to the > project for no obvious benefit. > > --Oliver > > On Jun 30, 2013, at 11:41 PM, halton huo <halton....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear WebKit developers and users, >> >> I’m pleased to announce the initial contribution of Pepper[1] and NaCl[2] >> support for WebKit2. The home page is located at >> https://github.com/nacl-webkit/native_client/wiki. >> The initial code include supporting of: >> * Partial pepper api supporting includes: 2d, scripting, url_loader, file >> chooser, audio, mouse and keyboard events, websockets. >> * Basic NaCl support with post message api (HelloWorld from nacl_sdk) >> >> There are some sceenshots on >> https://github.com/nacl-webkit/native_client/wiki/Screenshots >> >> Q&A >> ======= >> Q: Why this project? >> A: We enjoy working with the WebKit projects. We also enjoy technologies >> like NaCl, and wanted to lower the barrier to letting people integrate NaCl >> into their WebKit2 based projects. We prototyped this work and now want to >> make it available for others to use if they want. >> >> Q: Can I modify and re-use the project? >> A: Yes. The code is inherited from the Chromium, WebKit2 and native_client >> projects. As such, this project follows the same licenses. >> >> Q: Why not upstream? >> A: There are two main reasons. First, the current code is only a prototype >> to support NaCl in the Linux EFL port of WebKit2. There still remains work >> to be done before the patches would be appropriate to try and take upstream. >> Second, the WebKit community has stated in the past that they did not want >> NaCl upstream. >> >> Q: How to contribute? >> A: Fork the repo on github and submit the pull request, committers will >> review the patches. For the time being, the initial contributors are >> committers, we're welcome to anyone who can show his ability to be as >> committer. Follow the https://github.com/nacl-webkit/native_client/wiki/Code >> to get code and build. >> >> Q: Any next plan? >> A: We don't have any formal plans for the project moving forward; it is >> being developed as a part-time effort by a few engineers. As such, there is >> no guarantee for future work. Again, anyone is welcome to contribute! Or >> fork the project and run with it. >> >> [1] http://code.google.com/p/ppapi/ >> [2] http://code.google.com/p/nativeclient/ >> _______________________________________________ >> webkit-dev mailing list >> webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org >> https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev > >
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