Re: Unifying the rendering approach

On May 5, 2014, at 5:54 , Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 10:47 PM, Philip Jägenstedt <philipj@opera.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 3:25 AM, Silvia Pfeiffer
>> <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I am prepared to change the rendering section / algorithm completely.
>>> 
>>> But I am not prepared to change the Syntax any more. It's been too
>>> long in the making.
>>> 
>>> That's really the core of my position. And it's not about CEA608, but
>>> about CEA708.
>>> For 608 I agree that we wouldn't need regions at all.
>> 
>> Then it seems we are at an impasse. I am not interested in maintaining
>> regions as currently specified, and even less interested in big
>> changes to the rendering algorithm, unless they bring regions and
>> non-regions closer together in some meaningful way.
> 
> Yes, the latter was exactly the plan: bring the rendering of regions
> and non-regions closer together. And I was under the impression that
> we made progress on that.

Yep.  And do it, ideally so that we 
* don’t disturb the syntax 
* don’t disturb the behavior of ‘normal cases’ (stuff that people have implemented and use in files today)
* clean up and regularize ‘edge cases’, undefined conditions, and so on


David Singer
Manager, Software Standards, Apple Inc.

Received on Tuesday, 6 May 2014 19:15:59 UTC