Re: "Packing on the Web" -- performance use cases / implications

> On 22 Jan 2015, at 7:54 am, Ilya Grigorik <igrigorik@google.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm talking about the use cases that .zip files satisfy, not that.  I
> don't know why separating these is a problem.
> 
> Looking at the cited use cases in [1]... 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3 do not need bundling and are *much* better handled by the UA fetching granular resources based on the description in the package/manifest. In fact, even for 2.4 it's not strictly necessary: the package contents can be downloaded into a folder without forcing bundling within the package request. I think we need to revisit the use cases and clarify their intent... 

+1. 


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Received on Wednesday, 21 January 2015 22:14:44 UTC