Re: Call for Consensus (CfC) on Issue 17 of "Region Capture"

CropTarget production should be asynchronous

On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 12:06 PM Harald Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no>
wrote:

> CropTarget production should be asynchronous.
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> (If you have already read all the arguments, you can stop reading here,
> it's a repetition.)
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> The only existing implementation of this API requires an asynchronous API,
> and requiring the API to be synchronous would invalidate this design.
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> Given that there is no working synchronous implementation of the API, and
> even if there were, it is impossible to verify that this would lead to an
> appropriate design for that environment, forcing synchronous is
> inappropriate.
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> Supporting an asynchronous API on top of architectures where a synchronous
> API is the simpler design is trivial; in the other direction, it is not.
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> On 7/12/22 09:34, Bernard Aboba wrote:
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> This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) on Issue 17 of "Region Capture".
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> Section 6.2 of the "Region Capture" specification contains a Note:
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> [image: image.png]
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> Issue 17 of "Region Capture" is available here:
> What makes CropTarget special to require an asynchronous creation? · Issue
> #17 · w3c/mediacapture-region · GitHub
> <https://github.com/w3c/mediacapture-region/issues/17>
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> The Discussion of Issue 17 at the June 23 Virtual Interim is available
> here:
> WEBRTCWG-2022-06-23 - Google Slides
> <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-SgzfMAeVG3u5vErJncC7OKDTGNDzSOMg_78LP8SULk/edit#slide=id.g131149eddb2_0_0>
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> Minutes of the June 23 Virtual Interim are here:
> https://www.w3.org/2022/06/23-webrtc-minutes.html
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> In replying to this CfC, respondents should indicate one of the following:
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> * CropTarget production should be synchronous.
> * CropTarget production should be asynchronous.
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> The CfC will last until July 26, 2022 at midnight Pacific Time.
>
> Bernard
> For the Chairs
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