Re: [resource-hints] splitting mandatory semantics into "preload" spec?

I've split the specs, new URLs are:
- https://w3c.github.io/preload/
- https://w3c.github.io/resource-hints/

If you have any comments or feedback on either, let me know.

Happy holidays!
ig

On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Ilya Grigorik <igrigorik@google.com> wrote:

> (as per discussion on the conf call today)
>
> Please let me know if anyone has objections to the split within the next
> week. If there are none, I'll land the proposed changes.
>
> ig
>
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Ilya Grigorik <igrigorik@google.com>
> wrote:
>
>> One of the themes at TPAC was that the current RH spec strays from the
>> typical meaning of "hint" -- case in point, the whole notion of a
>> "mandatory hint" is a misnomer. Also, there was some confusion about the
>> use cases for "mandatory" vs. "optional" semantics enabled by the
>> primitives.
>>
>> In an attempt to separate the concerns and clarify the use cases, I'd
>> like to propose that we split RH into two pieces:
>>
>> (1) "Preload" spec that defines rel=preload with mandatory semantics
>> (2) "Resource Hints" spec that defines rel=preconnect and extends
>> rel=preload with optional semantics
>>
>> To that end, I've taken a first run at separating the two:
>> - Preload:
>> https://cdn.rawgit.com/w3c/resource-hints/d5027bffbf1eaa114c1d7906256339d118ea794a/index.html
>> - Resource Hints:
>> https://cdn.rawgit.com/w3c/resource-hints/e19f621dad9856a92bf43a06a62489c0058d19de/index.html
>>
>> Note that functionally there is *nothing new* in these drafts as compared
>> to the previous RH draft. Instead, this is strictly an editorial update
>> that aims to clarify the semantics and the use cases of the underlying
>> primitives.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> ig
>>
>
>

Received on Friday, 19 December 2014 23:49:56 UTC