[webkit-reviews] review denied: [Bug 42027] Request for permission before starting Geolocation service : [Attachment 61152] proposed solution

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Steve Block <steveblock at google.com> has denied Mahesh Kulkarni
<mahesh.kulkarni at nokia.com>'s request for review:
Bug 42027: Request for permission before starting Geolocation service
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42027

Attachment 61152: proposed solution
https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=61152&action=review

------- Additional Comments from Steve Block <steveblock at google.com>
For the non-client-based Geolocation implementation, the decision to start the
location acquisition process before prompting the user for permission was a
conscious one. It prevents unnecessary prompts when no location is available.
This change will cause an unwanted change in behaviour for platforms that use
the non-client-based implementation. The client-based Geolocation
implementation uses opposite policy, of prompting for permission first.

If you'd like to use the second policy for the non-client-based implementation,
I think we need to add this as an option behind a flag. Also, I think it makes
sense to fix Bug 42068 first, which will introduce such a flag for the
client-based implementation.

Finally, it's likely that the non-client-based implementation will deprecated
(Bug 40373), so it might be best for you to start using the client-based
implementation sooner rather than later.