cross origin workers [was Re: [workers] Moving the Web Workers spec back to Last Call WD]

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On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:18 AM, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote:

> On Sat, 12 Feb 2011, Arthur Barstow wrote:
> >
> > Regarding re-publishing the Web Workers spec [ED] as a new Last Call
> > Working Draft ...
> >
> > Bugzilla shows one open bug [Bugs]:
> >
> >   11818 - As documented in the "Creating workers" section, a worker
> *must* be
> > an external script.
> >   http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11818
> >
> > What high priority work must be done such that this spec is ready to be
> > re-published as a new Last Call Working draft?
>
> None, to my knowledge. The bug above is a feature request.
>
>
> > In particular, what are the proposals, plans and timeline to address the
> > above bug?
>
> I expect to address the issue of supporting data: URL scripts in workers
> at the same time as adding the ability to do cross-origin shared workers,
> currently estimated to be in 6 to 18 months, depending on browser
> implementation progress on other features in the same timeframe.
>


I've been asked by folks who work on Google Docs about cross-origin shared
workers, so I wanted to bring up this issue again -- also in light of the
fact that it has been ~6 months :).

dave

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<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:18 AM, Ian Hic=
kson <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ian@hixie.ch" target=3D"_blank=
">ian@hixie.ch</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s=
tyle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


<div>On Sat, 12 Feb 2011, Arthur Barstow wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Regarding re-publishing the Web Workers spec [ED] as a new Last Call<b=
r>
&gt; Working Draft ...<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Bugzilla shows one open bug [Bugs]:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; =A0 11818 - As documented in the &quot;Creating workers&quot; section,=
 a worker *must* be<br>
&gt; an external script.<br>
&gt; =A0 <a href=3D"http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=3D11818" =
target=3D"_blank">http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=3D11818</a>=
<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; What high priority work must be done such that this spec is ready to b=
e<br>
&gt; re-published as a new Last Call Working draft?<br>
<br>
</div>None, to my knowledge. The bug above is a feature request.<br>
<div><br>
<br>
&gt; In particular, what are the proposals, plans and timeline to address t=
he<br>
&gt; above bug?<br>
<br>
</div>I expect to address the issue of supporting data: URL scripts in work=
ers<br>
at the same time as adding the ability to do cross-origin shared workers,<b=
r>
currently estimated to be in 6 to 18 months, depending on browser<br>
implementation progress on other features in the same timeframe.<br></block=
quote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I&#39;ve been asked by folks who w=
ork on Google Docs about cross-origin shared workers, so I wanted to bring =
up this issue again -- also in light of the fact that it has been ~6 months=
 :).</div>

<div><br></div><div>dave</div><div><br></div></div>

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