[webkit-dev] Which MIME type is best for JavaScript in WebKit?

[Eric Seidel]

I think I've seen that failure before.  And I think I've fixed it by
resetting my launch services.  I think it may have started when I
first launched DashCode. :)

-eric

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Adam Barth <abarth at webkit.org> wrote:
> MIME types for JavaScript have a sad, painful history, largely related
> to the JavaScript/ECMAScript name fight and the IETF being unhelpful.
> For example, here's a note about this topic in the HTML5
> specification:
>
> ----8<----
> Note: The term "JavaScript" is used to refer to ECMA262, rather than
> the official term ECMAScript, since the term JavaScript is more widely
> known. Similarly, the MIME type used to refer to JavaScript in this
> specification is text/javascript, since that is the most commonly used
> type, despite it being an officially obsoleted type according to RFC
> 4329. [RFC4329]
> ---->8----
>
> IMHO, we should use text/javascript as it is by far the most commonly
> used MIME type for JavaScript, despite what the IETF would have you
> believe.
>
> Adam
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Darin Adler <darin at apple.com> wrote:
>> Three regression tests are failing on one of my Macs. For local .js files I am getting the MIME type text/javascript and the tests expect application/x-javascript.
>>
>> I don’t know why I am getting different results on my computer than on, say, buildbots running the same version of Mac OS X. And also, I am wondering which MIME type is the one we want to see in WebKit for local JavaScript files. I can add Mac-specific code to the ResourceHandle implementation in WebKit to normalize this if that’s helpful.
>>
>> Does anyone know the answer to this or have a bug number to point me to?
>>
>>    -- Darin
>>
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