Re: [whatwg/url] Provide a succinct grammar for valid URL strings (#479)

There are issues with it that cause further fragmentation right now. I have to say I'm disappointed with this response. I'm trying to help out and solve issues. Not just this one but also #531, #354 amongst others, which cannot be done without a compositional approach. If you do not address that, people come up with ad hoc solutions, creating new corner cases, leading to renewed fragmentation. You can already see this happening in some of the issues. It is also not true that it cannot be done, because I already did it, once for my library and a couple of weeks ago I did a fork of jsdom/whatwg-url over a weekend that uses a modular parser/ resolver based on my notes, has everything in place to start supporting relative URLs as well, and passes all the tests. I didn't post about it, because the changes are too large. Clearly it would not work out. I'm trying to take these concerns into account and work with them. Disregarding that with 'things are fine', I think is a shame.  

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