[webkit-dev] Fwd: Feature removal: CSS variables

[Karen Shaeffer]

Hi Ryosuke,
I don't have time at the moment. But I remain interested in WebKit and am reading the
emails as much as possible. I am thinking I'll have more time this summer for WebKit.

Thanks for following up. I have given the issue considerable thought. Not practical for
me at the moment.

enjoy,
Karen

On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:45:39PM -0700, Ryosuke Niwa wrote:
> Hi Karen,
> 
> Have you decided whether you can maintain the CSS variables in WebKit or
> not? As far as I checked, I didn't find any patches posted or committed by
> you on Bugzilla or on Trac.
> 
> We have a contributor's meeting coming up in Thursday, and I would like to
> know whether we can proceed to remove the feature from the trunk for the
> time being.
> 
> - R. Niwa
> 
> On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 7:30 PM, Karen Shaeffer <shaeffer at neuralscape.com>wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Apr 07, 2013 at 05:40:33PM -0700, Ryosuke Niwa wrote:
> > > On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Jon Rimmer <jon.rimmer at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > As well as being in Chrome, custom property support is also being
> > > > developed by Mozilla[4]. It is an actively edited W3C spec that is
> > expected
> > > > to reach Last Call status soon[5]. Given that situation, removing it
> > from
> > > > WebKit seems a very negative step. If it is removed and remains
> > > > unimplemented in Safari and other WebKit browsers, then they will
> > continue
> > > > to fall behind competing layout engines. If it is removed now and must
> > be
> > > > resurrected at a later date, then the total cost is likely to be
> > greater
> > > > than making the effort to turn it on and take ownership of it *now*.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I definitely see a value in keeping the feature.  However, there is a
> > > practical problem of someone having to maintain the code.  Now that all
> > > contributors who have previously worked on this feature has left to work
> > on
> > > Blink, I don't see who can be maintaining this code in WebKit.  Are you
> > > volunteering to maintain the code?  If not, then who is?
> > >
> > > Not having this feature will be unfortunate and we might need to add it
> > > back in the future, but that's much better than leaving unmaintained code
> > > in our codebase.
> > >
> > > - R. Niwa
> >
> > Hi Niwa,
> > I am willing to consider if it is practical for me to volunteer to
> > maintain CSS
> > variables for the webkit project. I'll need a week to make an informed
> > decision,
> > because I already have a full plate. But I am very interested in webkit,
> > and this
> > seems like a good time to step up to help the team. CSS variables does
> > appear to
> > be a worthy feature to maintain. If the team is willing to let this sit
> > for a week,
> > then that'll give me time to consider the issue properly.
> >
> > enjoy,
> > Karen
> > --
> > Karen Shaeffer
> > Neuralscape, Mountain View, CA 94040
> >
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Karen Shaeffer
Neuralscape, Mountain View, CA 94040