[Bug 25923] isTypeSupported should be asynchronous

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=25923

--- Comment #16 from David Dorwin <ddorwin@google.com> ---
(In reply to Boris Zbarsky from comment #15)
> And to make it clear, in case it wasn't, the current form of the API, with a
> synchronous boolean return value, is completely unacceptable to Mozilla.  If
> this remains in the spec as-is, we will likely have to always return false
> or some such nonsense.

This does not describe the current form of the API. See:
https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/html-media/raw-file/default/encrypted-media/encrypted-media.html#extensions

(In reply to Boris Zbarsky from comment #14)
> Jerry, David, with all due respect I think you're missing the point.

I fully understand your scenario. You appear to be jumping to a specific
solution while we want to have a discussion about the overall behavior and use
of multiple methods. For example, one possible solution would be to return
"maybe" (or some other relevant value) in the case where the CDM is not yet
downloaded.

> This is why discussion should happen on mailing lists (or in this case in
> bugs), not calls, by the way; had you done that you would have gotten your
> misconceptions corrected earlier.

Jerry was asked to summarize his comments in the call in the bug, which he did
in comment #12.

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