Re: Call for Consensus to Remove languageCode from Payment Request API - Review Requested by 20 September

1. Google supports the proposal.

On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 12:34 PM Adam Solove <asolove@stripe.com> wrote:

> 1. Stripe support the proposal.
>
> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 6:55 AM, Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear Web Payments Working Group Participants,
>>
>> In the Candidate Recommendation of Payment Request API, we have
>> identified "languageCode" as a feature at risk (see issue 608 [1]). 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 (Chrome) has
>> implemented the feature.  There is consensus among the browser vendors to
>> remove the feature in favor of superior approaches that may be developed in
>> coordination with the W3C Internationalization Working Group.
>>
>> This is a call for consensus to remove the "languageCode" feature from
>> Payment Request API. Removal at this time does not preclude inclusion of
>> languageCode or a similar feature in a future version of the API.
>>
>> In parallel, the Web Payments Working Group will continue to coordinate
>> with the Internationalization Working Group and possiblyother bodies such
>> as ECMA TC39.
>>
>> Working Group participants are invited to respond to this proposal by 20
>> September 2018 (10am ET).
>>
>> For the co-Chairs,
>> Ian Jacobs
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/w3c/payment-request/issues/608
>>
>> =========
>> PROPOSAL
>>
>> That the Web Payments Working Group drop the languageCode 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/765
>>
>> 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 20 September (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 OBJECTIONā€¯ 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
>>
>> --
>> Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
>> https://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/
>> Tel: +1 718 260 9447
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Received on Monday, 17 September 2018 17:35:02 UTC