Re: SVG pathSegList Deprecated via Chrome's version 48 TODAY!

features#svg of course serves a critical purpose for structural integrity.
However, from a developer's standpoint it is basically dictatorial  in
nature, not really open to discussion.

I guess, I can't understand the reluctance about adding chromium-SVG as a
new group to discussion-groups. This would provide the exact format I would
like to see. I would think, in the overall scheme of things, that it would
also serve to support Chrome's development team as well.

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Rik Cabanier <cabanier@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Francis Hemsher <fhemsher@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> Yes, I've looked at both. They are too amorphous when seeking to focus
>> specifically on SVG. I believe SVG2 requires a more formal means to address
>> the upcoming changes.
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> https://www.chromestatus.com/features#svg seems very clear about the
> changes chrome is making to SVG.
> Would you like to see it in a different format? If so, what would be
> better?
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>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Philip Rogers <pdr@chromium.org> wrote:
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>>> Francis,
>>>
>>> We maintain a list of all major SVG changes at
>>> https://www.chromestatus.com/features#svg
>>>
>>> All major SVG changes are also posted to blink-dev if you'd like to
>>> follow along:
>>> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!forum/blink-dev
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 6:25 AM, Francis Hemsher <fhemsher@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Philip,
>>>>
>>>> It seems to me that the SVG2 updates via Chrome will take a few years
>>>> to complete. Chrome and developers will need a specific location to
>>>> announce and communicate. The best place for this to occur would be at
>>>> http://www.chromium.org/developers/discussion-groups
>>>> Merely include the group : Chromium-SVG.
>>>> Even following the SVG2 process, this could endure for any future SVG
>>>> changes. Believe me, the word will get out that any/all discussions for
>>>> Chrome's SVG will happen here. This should make the SVG transitions a
>>>> seamless and positive process for Chrome, allowing developers to appreciate
>>>> and understand Chrome's strategies relative to SVG.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Francis
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 6:35 PM, Francis Hemsher <fhemsher@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
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>>>>> The issue with the path generated via D3 seems to be on my side of the
>>>>> fence, so no followup needed.
>>>>>
>>>>> As to the Chrome SVG developer notifications for upcoming SVG2
>>>>> upgrades...Let me think on it a bit, and will get back to you.
>>>>>
>>>>> ( I can't understand how I missed the console warning...I practically
>>>>> live inside the console.log)
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Philip Rogers <pdr@google.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Francis,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please go ahead and create an issue on the github project for
>>>>>> svgpathseg about the interaction with d3. If you can include a specific
>>>>>> example that would be great.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For notifying developers about SVG changes in Chrome... can you
>>>>>> suggest specifics for how could do better? For this change, we had many
>>>>>> large mailing list threads, a spec change and discussion on www-svg,
>>>>>> developer outreach to every site we could find (including directly
>>>>>> committing patches to fix svg-edit), and a warning message in the console
>>>>>> for every user using SVGPathSeg.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 8:16 AM, Francis Hemsher <fhemsher@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Philip,
>>>>>>> RE: your pathseg.js
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I use D3 quite a lot. Your polyfill may be stepping on some of its
>>>>>>> calculations relating to PATHSEG_CURVETO_CUBIC_SMOOTH_ABS,
>>>>>>> per d3.svg.line().interpolate("basis"): This builds the path's "d"
>>>>>>> attribute for the cubic "C" value.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The particular app requires about 12-14 decimal places for each
>>>>>>> point. Is is possible your number handling may impact that?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Where would be the best forum for us to discuss this further? I plan
>>>>>>> to create a few more tests and provide documentation to support my findings.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Francis
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Francis Hemsher <fhemsher@gmail.com
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> BTW, I've tested your polyfill packet, and so far, looks good,
>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Francis Hemsher <
>>>>>>>> fhemsher@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Philip,
>>>>>>>>> I totally support upgrading SVG API's to SVG2. However, it can be
>>>>>>>>> handled as a very positive process by Chrome, rather than by shocking
>>>>>>>>> developers via a piecemeal approach as has happened with pathSeg. I'm
>>>>>>>>> suggesting a more formal presentation by Chrome addressing SVG's upgrades
>>>>>>>>> as a whole. You will find SVG developers will enthusiastically jump on
>>>>>>>>> board and help make it a seamless and enjoyable happening, celebrating
>>>>>>>>> Chrome, rather than berating it.
>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>> Francis
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 6:45 PM, Philip Rogers <pdr@google.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> [-list]
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Francis,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'm Philip, one of the folks behind removing this from Chrome.
>>>>>>>>>> I'm sorry to hear this broke your pages. You may be able to use the
>>>>>>>>>> polyfill I wrote at https://github.com/progers/pathseg. Other
>>>>>>>>>> folks have found this to be a drop-in replacement.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Francis Hemsher <
>>>>>>>>>> fhemsher@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Initially it was somewhat of a challenge 15 years ago to wrap my
>>>>>>>>>>> head around building SVG paths via pathSegList  and its methods. I
>>>>>>>>>>> persevered, and thereby have about 200 files within various apps online
>>>>>>>>>>> that use this feature.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I believe Google has seriously jumped the gun in dumping this
>>>>>>>>>>> feature with no warning to developers. It will take quite a few
>>>>>>>>>>> hours/days/weeks to fix my pages to run in Chrome. In the meantime about
>>>>>>>>>>> 50% of my users will crash when getting into the SVG path.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm hoping for a bit of feedback to the Chrome folks to
>>>>>>>>>>> reconsider this, and a rollback to support of SVG's pathSegList. HELP!
>>>>>>>>>>> See the following:
>>>>>>>>>>>  https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=539385
>>>>>>>>>>> https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=568735
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Regards & Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>> Francis Hemsher
>>>>>>>>>>>
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