Re: Query (not a bug): Device selection - should permissions matter?

I think the answer depends on where things stand with an application's
ability to enumerate user-readable names of devices and present them to the
user, prior to selecting one of them.

If enumerateDevices() is still not assured of some way to acquire this
information (possibly with some permission grant involved) then "1" makes
the most sense to me.

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On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 7:53 AM, Harald Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no>
wrote:

> When thinking about how to make a more formal permission handling for
> mediacapture-main, I wonder about how permission status should influence
> selection.
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> Let's think about an UA with 3 attached cameras:
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> A has a "granted" permission
> B has no permission, so will be prompted for if selected
> C has permission "denied".
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> If I select with constraints that allow either to be selected, what
> should happen?
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> Three possibilities I see:
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> 1 - Spec says "disregard C, pick between A and B at UA's choice" (prompt
> if you feel like it)
> 2 - Spec says "choose B; if that's unsuitable prompt for A" (prefer
> permitted)
> 3 - Spec says "this is not a spec matter, UA will do what it wants" (no
> guidance)
>
> All of these can be written as normative requirements or "implementation
> suggestions".
>
> At the moment, the spec is roughly "1" (step 3 can be seen as skipping
> "denied" devices).
>
> What do people think?
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