Re: Bug 12543 and URL parsing in general

On 2013-02-05 23:36, Erika Doyle Navara wrote:
> Bug 12543 [1] requests that step 12 (replacing “\” with “/”) of the
> “resolve a URL” algorithm be removed, as Gecko behavior has shown that
> it isn’t needed for compatibility. The discussion in a related bug 14693
> [2] also highlights other problems with step 12 and the algorithm in
> general. It has been suggested that the entire section of URL parsing be
> removed and instead defer to the URL spec [3].
>
> Are there any objections to this course of action? If not, I’ll take a
> stab at removing the relevant sections and stage them in a branch before
> committing to HTML5.1 and resolving 12543 as fixed.
> ...

Deferring to another spec that has the same problem doesn't resolve the 
issue; it just moves it elsewhere.

Best regards, Julian

Received on Wednesday, 6 February 2013 07:45:48 UTC