[Bug 23332] Support Binary Keys

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23332

--- Comment #8 from Joshua Bell <jsbell@google.com> ---
(In reply to Chas Emerick from comment #7)
> Perhaps an easier to answer process question would be: is this likely to be
> accepted as an "incremental" change to the spec, or will an "IDB v2"
> specification have to be aggregated prior to reasonably expecting
> browser-makers to support the capability?  I can imagine the former
> happening over the course of months, but the latter is likely many years
> away, etc.

We've recently kicked off the process for "v2":
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2014AprJun/0149.html

The likely spec process will be:

(1) general multi-implementer acceptance of an idea (i.e. no-one says "we'll
never implement feature X')
(2) an implementer prototypes (or more) feature X
(3) a spec is written for feature X
[2/3 could happen in either order]
(4) multi-implementer agreement that the spec looks reasonable (i.e. it's not
too specific to the implementation)
(5) repeat 1...4 for multiple features. Eventually call that "v2" and stamp it
"done".

While "v2" must wait for 5 - and is probably on the order of a year at least,
the emerging model is that browser implementers can "ship" a feature once (4)
happens - no need to wait for (5). So once we really start converting bugs like
this one into spec text, we can progress with 3/4 more quickly - hopefully
"months" not "years".

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Received on Tuesday, 6 May 2014 21:17:28 UTC