[WebDriver] Fwd: [Bug 24974] New: The distinction between Capabilities and MutableCapabilities is not useful in the context of this spec

We have, on numerous occasions, said that the specification is there to 
describe the remote end only. This means we should probably remove 
MutableCapabilities from the spec as described in the bug below.

Please add your thoughts to the bug below. I will follow the consensus 
in the bug.

David

-------- Original Message --------
Subject:  [Bug 24974] New: The distinction between Capabilities and 
MutableCapabilities is not useful in the context of this spec
Resent-Date:  Mon, 10 Mar 2014 17:49:32 +0000
Resent-From:  public-browser-tools-testing@w3.org
Date:  Mon, 10 Mar 2014 17:49:22 +0000
From:  bugzilla@jessica.w3.org
To:  public-browser-tools-testing@w3.org



https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=24974

             Bug ID: 24974
            Summary: The distinction between Capabilities and
                     MutableCapabilities is not useful in the context of
                     this spec
            Product: Browser Test/Tools WG
            Version: unspecified
           Hardware: All
                URL: https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webdriver/raw-file/ac1cadc32661
                     /webdriver-spec.html#browser-capabilities
                 OS: All
             Status: NEW
           Severity: normal
           Priority: P2
          Component: WebDriver
           Assignee: public-browser-tools-testing@w3.org
           Reporter: fisherii@google.com
         QA Contact: public-browser-tools-testing@w3.org
                 CC: mike@w3.org
             Blocks: 20860

Capabilities vs. MutableCapabilities is a local-end distinction that could vary
between different languages (e.g. if there were Haskell bindings, there would
not be a MutableCapabilities, as mutability is not a supported concept in that
language).

For this spec, I think we should just make it clear what exactly is meant by
the capabilities object that are transferred by the wire protocol, e.g. how
required and desired are used, and that capabilities returned by newSession
describe the actual, unchangeable capabilities of that session.

--- Comment #1 from Marc Fisher <fisherii@google.com> ---
*** Bug 24975 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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