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Re: [dispatch] [media-types] 3rd WGLC - draft-ietf-dispatch-javascript-mjs - deadline 10th May

John R Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Wed, 19 May 2021 19:10 UTC

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From: John R Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
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Subject: Re: [dispatch] [media-types] 3rd WGLC - draft-ietf-dispatch-javascript-mjs - deadline 10th May
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> While I mostly agree -- Martin is right, but it is not clear
> whether making this correct would cause more harm by creating
> confusion than it would be worth -- there is a third (and more
> drastic) way to look at this.  Content-sniffing and heuristics,
> rather than properly marking up text and strict observance of
> media types, ultimately just lead to other problems down the
> line. ...

We went through all these arguments a couple of months ago and the 
Javscript crowd made it crystal clear that the current awful behavior is 
built into vast amounts of software, starting with all of the web browsers 
on your phone and your computers, and it's not going to change.

While I am no happier than you are that we got to this point, I don't 
think that a pissing contest would do anyone any good.  I suppose we could 
add a note saying something like the media sniffing is a concession to 
widespread existing practice and isn't intended to be a precedent for any 
new media types.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
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