[webkit-dev] Runtime setting for incomplete features

[Mark Rowe]

On 2009-10-05, at 21:48, Darin Fisher wrote:

> It is a matter of our process that we do not change the  
> configuration when promoting builds.  The bits that passed the test  
> get promoted.
>
> I'm happy to absorb this cost in the V8 bindings.  I don't think it  
> is important to solve this problem for the JSC bindings since there  
> is not a consumer that yet needs the same.

The present state of Web Sockets is that they're compiled in on Mac OS  
X but disabled via the runtime setting.  This leads to them being  
detectable in the manner Sam mentioned.  Either the compile-time  
setting needs to be fixed for Mac OS X or the runtime code fixed so  
that the feature is not detectable when disabled.  I assume that we  
want regression testing of the feature so disabling it at compile time  
does not seem like the best idea.  I guess it comes down to whether or  
not it's in good enough shape to be useful to web sites at this time.

- Mark

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