[Bug 20963] EME is technically incomplete

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=20963

Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|REOPENED                    |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |NEEDSINFO

--- Comment #6 from Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com> ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> Please read the comment "in particular the CDM is not specified".

A CDM is specified. The fact that not all CDMs are specified does not make it
technically incomplete any more than not specifying the image formats in HTML5
makes <img> technically incomplete.

There is something in software known as an abstraction barrier. Its purpose is
to provide a well defined interface that abstracts some functionality from its
implementation. It is sometimes known as a black box.  The fact that the design
of EME permits use of one or more black box implementations of the CDM
abstraction does not make it technically incomplete any more than an operating
system API abstracts the implementation of some functionality.

If you can actually point out how something will technically fail to work in
EME based on its defined API, then it is reasonable to keep this bug open.
However, absent that, this bug should remain in the NEEDSINFO state. If you
don't have that info, then it should be resolved as INVALID.

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