[webkit-gtk] Removing support for forever-experimental features

[Konstantin Tokarev]

18.03.2017, 18:36, "Michael Catanzaro" <mcatanzaro at igalia.com>:
> Hi,
>
> We have several forever-experimental features that have had zero or
> almost zero progress in several years:
>
>  * Accelerated 2D canvas
>  * GStreamerGL
>  * WebCrypto
>
> It's really not acceptable to keep prototypes of failed features in
> trunk when there is no foreseeable path to ever finishing them. (These
> are in contrast to actively-developed experimental features, like
> WebRTC, which are not problematic.) I would like to remove all the code
> for these features (except for the cross-platform WebCrypto stuff that
> Apple needs, of course). If someone wants to commit to actively
> developing the features in the future, then and only then should we
> bring it back. In the meantime, it's just getting in the way and
> causing extra gardening effort.
>
>  * Accelerated 2D canvas used to be enabled only for bots and tests,
> but at the last hackfest we decided to disable it even there. So nobody
> is using it or working on it. It's dead code. Why keep it around? If we
> want it in the future, then we can bring it back.

Hi,

Could you please don't remove WebCore code of Accelerated 2D canvas?
In Qt port we have fully working implementation.

>  * GStreamerGL and WebCrypto are enabled only for bots and tests, but
> this is pointless as nobody is working on new test failures for
> multimedia layout tests or for WebCrypto. Anyone who wants to work on
> these in the future is going to have to go through all the tests
> individually anyway. In the meantime, it's just making it harder to
> garden. *Especially* WebCrypto, since our WebCrypto support just keeps
> getting more and more broken as Apple implements it properly on their
> platform.
>
> If multimedia folks think they can get GStreamerGL stable soon, then
> maybe we can keep it, but it's time to get serious about it. But I'm
> pretty sure nobody has any interest in developing accelerated 2D canvas
> or WebCrypto right now.
>
> Michael
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Regards,
Konstantin