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

On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Chris Lowis <Chris.Lowis@bbc.co.uk> wrote:

> I think given the heat of this discussion so far, it would be unfair to
> say that "no-one cares".


Quite so, which is why I'm surprised proponents of the "freely share
memory" model haven't produced a detailed proposal :-).

I appreciate how frustrating it is to not be able to make progress, but
> given the strongly entrenched positions on some sides of this debate I
> think it's fair to say that the result of any vote will be divisive. While
> there may still be a possibility for us to reach consensus, or at least to
> have all options more clearly specified, we should hold off on the vote.
>
> Trust me, I want us to reach a decision on this issue and move on as we
> have so much work to do in other areas, but at this time of year (my
> co-chair is on leave for the next few days for example), we may need to
> continue to be patient.
>

The problem is that our implementation is blocked on this. It doesn't feel
fair to block our implementation indefinitely while we try to reach
consensus with other browser vendors --- who are already shipping their
implementation!

Rob
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