Re: Removing SVG's dependencies on CSSValue

On Thu, 30 May 2013 20:25:06 +0200, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org> wrote:

> Hi, Tab-
>
> On 5/30/13 2:01 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
>> There are a few places (all deprecated) where SVG2 still depends on
>> CSSValue, a DOM Level 2 Style interface which is itself deprecated,
>> and has been for many years.
>
> These are likely simply artifacts left over from SVG 1.1.
>
>
>> I'm planning to add UseCounters in Blink to these interfaces to see
>> how much use there really is of them, but before I do, does anyone
>> else have any reason to believe we should keep them?  Alternately,
>> does anyone else have evidence that we can safely drop them?
>>
>> I plan to report back in a few weeks with the usage results, so we can
>> hopefully simply drop them.
>
> I suggest we just drop them. We don't want to perpetuate deprecated  
> features of other specs.
>
> What is the alternative? Can you take the action to update the spec with  
> the better practice?
>
> Regards-
> -Doug

Dropping the CSSValue-related methods and interfaces in SVG2 would be fine  
with me too.

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Erik Dahlstrom, Core Technology Developer, Opera Software
Co-Chair, W3C SVG Working Group
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Received on Monday, 3 June 2013 08:45:52 UTC