[webkit-dev] Keeping track of supported specs on wiki

[Philippe Kalaf]

Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> 
> On Nov 9, 2007, at 5:55 PM, Rob Burns wrote:
> 
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I have to say I like Philippe's version of the page better. I think it
>> is more appropriate for an open source project like webkit. I would
>> agree with Maciej that the word "stable" might be more appropriate
>> than "full". However, I think its better to show all of the standards
>> whether targeted by Apple or not. It might make sense to have an
>> asterisk on the "no" response to indicate that Apple has no plans to
>> target a particular standard.
> 
> The set of specs that currently have no support isn't necessarily
> identical to the set we are not targetting, or the set we would
> categorically rule out default support for. I think there are pretty few
> in the last category, and a huge number in the first if you take a broad
> view of what standards count.
> 
> I would rather list the standards we *do* currently care about
> (including things like IETF RFCs, ECMA standards, ISO standards, etc)
> than try to list a complete or partial list of ones we don't care about.
> 
>> However, I assume other contributors are free to bring standard
>> supports to WebKit. I know of two such projects myself where
>> contributors are working to bring standards support to WebKit not
>> currently targeted by Apple.
>>
>> Perhaps the status column should be one of:
>>
>> • No
>> • No* (not targeted by  Apple)
>> • Partial
>> • Stable
> 
> Again, I'm not sure "No" adds much value relative "things not on this
> list probably are not currently targetted". I certainly do not want to
> make a commitment on behalf of either Apple or the whole WebKit project
> that we won't support particular specs.
I don't quite understand how saying "No, we are not working on this
currently and don't plan to" is not valuable, it's an extra piece of
information; it allows people to see what direction development is
currently moving in. The wiki is not just a tool for Webkit developers,
it's a site for everyone. That means potential adopters but also people
who are looking to contribute. If someone is interested in support for
some spec, he will go on the wiki/website, look at the table, find his
spec and see if it's supported, being worked on (by apple or others) or
if there are no plans to support it. Then he can decide to either
implement that spec or find another solution. If there is no information
about his spec, he will be uncertain if it's supported and then go
around asking.

BR,
Philippe

> 
> Regards,
> Maciej
> 
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