Re: Agenda Item for next F2F - Reverting changes to TextTrackCue in master branch

On Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:03:31 +0200, Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:18:50 +0200, Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com>  
>> wrote:
>>
>> While Cox supports the process of separating VTT specific APIs from the
>>> more generic TextTrackCue API, we oppose certain changes that introduce
>>> backward compatibilities, including:
>>>
>>> (1) the removal of the TextTrackCue constructor;
>>>
>>
>> The previous TextTrackCue constructor was actually WebVTT-specific (it  
>> set
>> all the WebVTT properties and "text" was parsed using WebVTT parsing  
>> rules).
>
>
> Thanks for that reminder. Indeed, I had posted a bug on this and  
> suggested
> an alternative approach in [1].
>
> [1]  https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=21080

The approach suggested there would also be a backwards-incompatible  
change, FWIW.

-- 
Simon Pieters
Opera Software

Received on Friday, 26 April 2013 14:09:11 UTC