[webkit-dev] Staging WebSocket protocol deployment

[Jeremy Orlow]

Oops...I missed that.

SGTM then.

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:14 AM, David Levin <levin at chromium.org> wrote:

> There is the browser side:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-websockets-20091029/
>
> In that spec, it says
>
>  This specification is being developed in conjunction with an Internet
> Draft for a wire protocol, the Web Socket Protocol, available from the IETF
> at the following location:
>
>
>    - WebSocket Protocol Internet-Draft:
>       http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-hixie-thewebsocketprotocol
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Jeremy Orlow <jorlow at chromium.org>wrote:
>
>> *cc'ing others involved in WebSockets (server and client side)
>>
>> I'm not very familiar with the IETF's efforts, but my understanding is
>> that they were creating a competing protocol.  Are they in fact creating
>> something that they want to submit as a replacement to WebSockets?  If so,
>> why is WebSockets moving to last call?
>>
>> I'm not necessarily against this change, just confused by it.
>> *
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Alexey Proskuryakov <ap at webkit.org>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> While WebSocket API is fairly stable, the discussion of underlying
>>> protocol at IETF is far from being done. It could be disruptive to ship our
>>> WebSocket implementation in a way that would effectively freeze the
>>> protocol.
>>>
>>> One way to achieve future compatibility is by using a different scheme
>>> for WebSocket URLs - e.g. "webkit-ws:" and "webkit-wss:" instead of "ws:"
>>> and "wss:", respectively. Depending on how protocol standardization goes, we
>>> could alias these later, or add a separate standards compliant
>>> implementation.
>>>
>>> I'm going to submit a patch to this effect, but would like to discuss the
>>> idea on the list first.
>>>
>>> - WBR, Alexey Proskuryakov
>>>
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