- From: Dion Almaer <dion@almaer.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:41:43 -0700
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Joseph Pecoraro <joepeck02 at gmail.com>wrote: > Dion: The problem here is that isn't backwards > compatible and thus no-one will really be able to use it. > > > I thought the original idea was backwards compatible. Maybe not the URN > Schemes. If the original idea is not, could you point out the issues? > The URN schemes isn't compatible. The SHA hash idea is do-able, but as Oliver pointed out is impractical: a) devs will forget to update it, b) looks ugly, c) fun things would happen with a SHA collision! ;) > > > Dion: You then also get into the "how do I get my library into the browser?" > > > Enough widespread usage of a library is a clear indicator for adoption into > a browser bundle. Dynamically growing repositories could optimize per > computer for the particular user's browsing habits (assuming developers > would mark their scripts with the identifiers). > > You can have the same problem with what libraries will Google include in > its CDN. Although it may be easier for Google to host just about any > library if it already has a CDN setup. > This was a real problem for us. How much is "enough" ? We started to get inundated with requests for people to put libraries up there. > > Dion: After mulling this over with the Google CDN work, I think that using > HTTP and the browser mechanisms that we have now gives us a lot without any > of these issues. > > > I was afraid of this. This is a completely valid point. I guess it sounds > like too much work for too little gain? > I don't want to stop you from working on these ideas. The core problem that we tend to download the same crap all the time is real, and I look forward to seeing people come up with interesting solutions. > > - Joe > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.whatwg.org/pipermail/whatwg-whatwg.org/attachments/20090615/b572b28e/attachment-0001.htm>
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