Re: non-normative best practices & file caching

Now that you mention it, I wonder if it's such a good idea to place that much weight on the word "install". We don't really want anything using the font, whether it's installed or not.

Maybe I would change your suggested language: "... but decoded files should not be installed or used by other processes or documents on the system."

-Christopher


On Oct 1, 2010, at 10:33 AM, Håkon Wium Lie wrote:

> Further, I suggest one change to appendix C:
> 
>  The WOFF-packaged data will typically be decoded to its original
>  sfnt format for use by existing font-rendering APIs that expect
>  OpenType font data, but such a decoded font should not be exposed as
>  a file on disk, and must not be installed "globally" for use by
>  other processes or documents on the system.
> 
> should be:
> 
>  The WOFF-packaged data will typically be decoded to its original
>  sfnt format for use by existing font-rendering APIs that expect
>  OpenType font data. It is acceptable for clients to store decoded
>  files in a cache, but decoded files should not be installed for use
>  by other processes or documents on the system.
> 
> I.e., I think it's ok for browsers to cache decoded files, but they
> shouldn't be exposed in other ways.

Received on Friday, 1 October 2010 20:08:46 UTC