Re: Vote on the data race issue and Gecko shipping timeline

2013-08-09 10:49, Robert O'Callahan skrev:
> On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 7:33 PM, Marcus Geelnard <mage@opera.com 
> <mailto:mage@opera.com>> wrote:
>
>     If nobody steps up to spec down the details of the shared memory
>     model, one solution could be that the vote option becomes just
>     that (start specifying the model), for instance (similar to an
>     earlier proposal I've made):
>
>     "Keep the current API, using a shared data model. Specify the
>     exact behavior of the shared data model in the Web Audio
>     specification to guarantee client interoperability, and work
>     together with other parties to work out what other specifications
>     need to be updated/written, etc."
>
>     This would be very unfortunate, though, since it's a very high
>     risk option (we can't know for sure that it will even succeed, and
>     if not we'd be back to square one), and it's definitely much less
>     clear what that option means compared to the other two options,
>     both in terms of the actual work that has to be done, and how long
>     it would take to finish it.
>
>
> I don't think it's fair to have a vote-off between two well-specified 
> options and one vague option.
>
> If no-one cares enough to specify it properly, it shouldn't be on the 
> ballot.

Well, that would require the proponents of that alternative to agree 
that we're not going to use the shared data model, which is kind of why 
we're having the voting in the first place, so it does not sound very 
realistic to be honest.

I do agree, though, that we need to have a well specified definition of 
the data sharing model, and have it rather sooner than later.

/Marcus

>
> Rob
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Marcus Geelnard
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