Re: WebPlatform Browser Support phased approach?

OK, I've come a long way so far. There is just one decision to be made:

MDN provides the compat data not per version, but rather a 
since-version.

Both caniuse and html5test provide the data per version (where 
available).


What do we want to use? I can collapse the data from caniuse and 
html5test to a since version pretty easily. Expanding the data from MDN 
from a since-version up to a complete version-range might be doable as 
well, although I have to rely on the browser-data provided in the feeds 
from CIU and H5T to determine what versions are available.

Anyone with arguments towards or against either option?



Ronald


Doug Schepers schreef op 2013-10-29 06:18:
> Hi, Ronald–
> 
> Since we're going with this phased approach (which I fully support),
> I think we should do 2 things:
> 
> 1) Use the MDN data as the baseline, since they have fairly complete
> data and a similar feature level as WPD (e.g., they have basically the
> same page names as we do); this means you'll have to collect this data
> via MDN's API;
> 
> 2) Supplement that baseline data with CanIUse and HTML5Test data
> where there is an equivalent feature name (e.g. "border-radius");
> we'll have to wait for QuirksMode and MobileHTML5 data until we have
> the source for that, but we will launch an "explainer" page that tells
> about all our data sources and our timeline.
> 
> Does this seem like a doable approach?
> 
> Regards-
> -Doug
> 
> On 10/23/13 9:24 PM, Julee wrote:
>> Thanks much, Ronald! And everyone who is sharing their data as is!
>> 
>> I've sent feelers out regarding a work space in London next week. 
>> Will let
>> you know if I hear anything.
>> 
>> In the meantime, do you have a sense of how long it might take to
>> normalize this phase-1 data? No biggie, just looking to fill out the
>> CSS-properties schedule.
>> 
>> Regards!
>> 
>> Julee
>> ----------------------------
>> julee@adobe.com
>> @adobejulee
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ronald Mansveld <ronald@ronaldmansveld.nl>
>> Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 3:47 PM
>> To: Alex Komoroske <komoroske@google.com>
>> Cc: Niels Leenheer <info@html5test.com>, julee <julee@adobe.com>,
>> "public-webplatform-tests@w3.org" <public-webplatform-tests@w3.org>
>> Subject: Re: WebPlatform Browser Support phased approach?
>> 
>>> Alex Komoroske schreef op 2013-10-22 17:48:
>>>> I strongly support a phased approach. I'm very excited about the
>>>> prospect of having a more robust system set up, but as far as the 
>>>> CSS
>>>> Properties launch goes, it's more important to have _something_, 
>>>> even
>>>> if it's just a one-time import from a couple of sources.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> I feel like there is support to do a phased approach, plus we have
>>> access to a (basic) set of data to get started. Coupled with the 
>>> urgency
>>> to get CSS live (which I absolutely support, we've been in alpha 
>>> long
>>> enough now ;) ), I think this is indeed the right path to follow. 
>>> Plus,
>>> this buys us time to come up with a good plan and schemata for the
>>> data-exchange we want to use in the future.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Next week I'll be in London, if anyone knows a place to work for me 
>>> I
>>> can start building the first scripts to parse the data. I've checked 
>>> out
>>> the Mozilla Open Office, but to me it's pretty unclear whether that 
>>> is
>>> still in use, and if so: if and how I can use it. Do we have any
>>> Mozilla-employees on the list? Or do we have Googlers that know if
>>> perhaps the Google office can be used? Or any Londoners that know of 
>>> a
>>> place?
>>> 
>>> Worst case scenario I think I can use the City Business Library, but 
>>> my
>>> experience is that libraries are not always the best place to work 
>>> from,
>>> especially not if you try to make full office hours.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Ronald
>> 
>> 
>>

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