hixie: Loosen up the already loose requirements around rel=icon sizes=''. (whatwg r6465)

hixie: Loosen up the already loose requirements around rel=icon
sizes=''. (whatwg r6465)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.5166&r2=1.5167&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6464&to=6465

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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
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--- Overview.html 15 Aug 2011 21:46:52 -0000 1.5166
+++ Overview.html 15 Aug 2011 21:55:33 -0000 1.5167
@@ -41980,7 +41980,9 @@
   resource</a>, user agents must expect the resource to be an image.</p>
 
   </div><p>The <dfn id="attr-link-sizes" title="attr-link-sizes"><code>sizes</code></dfn>
-  attribute gives the sizes of icons for visual media.<p>If specified, the attribute must have a value that is an
+  attribute gives the sizes of icons for visual media. Its value, if
+  present, is merely advisory. User agents may use the value to decide
+  which icon(s) to use if multiple icons are available.<p>If specified, the attribute must have a value that is an
   <a href="#unordered-set-of-unique-space-separated-tokens">unordered set of unique space-separated tokens</a> which
   are <a href="#ascii-case-insensitive">ASCII case-insensitive</a>. Each value must be either
   an <a href="#ascii-case-insensitive">ASCII case-insensitive</a> match for the string "<code title="attr-link-sizes-any"><a href="#attr-link-sizes-any">any</a></code>", or a value that consists of
@@ -42032,10 +42034,6 @@
   icon sizes that are not actually available in the linked
   resource.<div class="impl">
 
-  <p>If the attribute is not specified, then the user agent must
-  assume that the given icon is appropriate, but less appropriate than
-  an icon of a known and appropriate size.</p>
-
   <p>In the absence of a <code><a href="#the-link-element">link</a></code> with the <code title="rel-icon"><a href="#rel-icon">icon</a></code> keyword, for <code><a href="#document">Document</a></code>s
   obtained over HTTP or HTTPS, user agents may instead attempt to
   <a href="#fetch">fetch</a> and use an icon with the <a href="#absolute-url">absolute

Received on Monday, 15 August 2011 21:55:59 UTC