Re: Call for Consensus to Remove PaymentItem.type from Payment Request API - Review Requested by 18 October

1. Shopify supports the proposal

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 8:51 AM Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> wrote:

> Dear Web Payments Working Group Participants,
>
> In February of this year we identified "PaymentItem.type" as a feature at
> risk in the Candidate Recommendation of Payment Request API. This was done
> so that we could drop the feature from the specification in case of issues
> or insufficient implementation, without having to delay the advancement of
> the specification. To date, only one browser maker (Mozilla) had announced
> plans to implement the feature. However, after some experimentation and
> user testing, Mozilla has decided not to ship this feature either. We have
> not heard additional interest from other implementers or merchants.
>
> This is a call for consensus to remove the "PaymentItem.type” feature from
> Payment Request API. Removal at this time does not preclude inclusion of
> this feature or a similar one in a future version of the API.
>
> For more background information about the feature, see issue 163 [1].
>
> Working Group participants are invited to respond to this proposal by 18
> October 2018 (10am ET).
>
> For the co-Chairs,
> Ian Jacobs
>
> [1] https://github.com/w3c/payment-request/issues/163
>
> =========
> PROPOSAL
>
> That the Web Payments Working Group drop the “PaymentItem.type" feature
> from the Payment Request API Candidate Recommendation by adopting this pull
> request (possibly with minor editorial changes):
>  https://github.com/w3c/payment-request/pull/794
>
> Please indicate one of the following in your response:
>
> 1. Support the proposal.
> 2. Request some changes, but support the proposal even if suggested
> changes are not taken into account.
> 3. Request some changes, and do not support the proposal unless the
> changes are taken into account.
> 4. Do not support the proposal (please provide rationale).
> 5. Support the consensus of the Web Payments Working Group.
> 6. Abstain.
>
> We invite you to include rationale in your response.
>
> If there is strong consensus by 18 October (10am ET) for the proposal,
> it will carry.
>
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> Formal Objections
>
> * If you wish your LACK of support to publish to be conveyed to the
> Director and reviewed, please include the phrase "FORMAL OBJECTION” in your
> response and be sure to include substantive arguments or rationale. The W3C
> Director takes Formal Objections seriously, and therefore they typically
> require significant time and effort to address.
>
> * Silence will be taken to mean there is no Formal Objection.
>
> * If there are Formal Objections, the Chairs plan to contact the
> individual(s) who made them to see whether there are changes that would
> address the concern and increase consensus to publish.
>
> For more information, see:
>    https://www.w3.org/2018/Process-20180201/#Consensus
>
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Krystian

Received on Friday, 12 October 2018 02:09:46 UTC