Re: text-wrap balance

On Wed., 19 Jun. 2019, 1:45 pm Glenn Adams, <glenn@skynav.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 6:02 PM Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 10:32 PM David Singer <singer@apple.com> wrote:
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>> > > On Jun 18, 2019, at 14:19 , Silvia Pfeiffer <
>> silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > > While I agree with this and also have no problem excluding this from
>> REC, is still like to encourage the CSS WG to continue with it. Glenn's
>> listing of existing deterministic algorithms in this space should be enough
>> to give us an expectation that it's feasible and technically possible.
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>> > I’ve heard offline that people think that there are reasonable
>> algorithms too. That doesn’t make it specifiiable yet, tho.
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>> I don't follow: if it's been implemented and made replicable, it can
>> be specified.
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> Just because* some* algorithm can be specified doesn't mean it will be
> specified in a form that permits a normative reference, particularly in a
> reasonable amount of time. Are you willing to wait for 2 or 3 years to
> elapse to get an algorithm written into a CSS spec, get it tested, and move
> that spec to at least PR or REC before moving forward on VTT?
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We can wait if there's progress (not with REC, but we don't need it for
REC).

An alternative would be to pick up your algorithm from TTML for WebVTT as
well. I don't mind which we do.

Cheers,
Silvia.