- From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:29:46 -0700
- To: Jan-Ivar Bruaroey <jib@mozilla.com>
- Cc: "public-media-capture@w3.org" <public-media-capture@w3.org>
On 31 July 2014 17:13, Jan-Ivar Bruaroey <jib@mozilla.com> wrote:
> A plain value literally is mutually exclusive with {}, almost exactly like
> specifying a value is mutually exclusive with providing ranges and/or hints
> for that value. To me it reads as "just this value please", yet users may
> get cameras that are not 1280 wide or 1.78 aspect here, even though these
> values are specified in the top "required" section.
The top section is not "required". And "please" is the perfect way to
phrase a request (as opposed to a demand).
> Add to this that plain values in the advanced array are not ideal, and it's
> a semantic mess.
I think that bare values could equal anything and we get the same.
Besides, anything in the advanced array is closer to ideal than a hard
requirement, since if the set of values can't be achieved, it moves on
to the next option.
> Is it truly too late to rectify this?
It's never too late to fix actual problems. We just have to agree
that there is an actual problem. I don't see an actual problem here.
Received on Friday, 1 August 2014 00:30:13 UTC