Combining the addition of the new syntax and the removal of the old one
works. I'll update the language on the chrome status feature page. There
won't be an issue getting the code in for M105 assuming we get the third
LGTM within a week.

~ Ari Chivukula (Their/There/They're)


On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 12:03 PM Daniel Bratell <[email protected]> wrote:

> LGTM2 (including removing the old syntax which is not yet used enough to
> be a compatibility problem)
>
> /Daniel
> On 2022-07-06 17:38, Chris Harrelson wrote:
>
> LGTM1 to ship this *and* remove the old syntax at the same time. We/I
> think it'd be better to do it all at once without having both syntaxes in
> the while for a period.
>
> On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 12:15 PM Mike Taylor <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> To add some clarity to the proposed changes and the rationale (as this
>> came up in the API OWNERS meeting today):
>>
>> In M100 we shipped the following syntax, thinking it was a good idea to
>> get as close to Permissions-Policy syntax as possible:
>>
>> <meta name="accept-ch" value="sec-ch-dpr=(https://foo.bar
>> https://baz.qux), sec-ch-width=(https://foo.bar)">
>>
>> But it’s not quite a valid Permissions Policy, as Cloudinary pointed out.
>>
>> One difference is the lack of quotes around origins  (which are required
>> for sf-strings). But without changing HTML meta parsing entirely (no
>> thanks), we would have to force devs to use a single quote for value=, so
>> they could use double quotes inside. Or the inverse, but sf-strings don’t
>> allow for beginning with single quotes.
>>
>> Another difference is the fact that client hints tokens begin with the
>> `sec-` prefix, but the policy-controlled feature names do not.
>>
>> So the delta is far enough away from a Permissions-Policy header to
>> declare that our attempt failed. :(
>>
>> Instead, this intent proposes adding new syntax (old syntax to be
>> deprecated/removed if this is approved in a followup intent) that looks
>> like so:
>>
>> <meta http-equiv="delegate-ch" value="sec-ch-dpr https://foo.bar
>> https://baz.qux; sec-ch-width https://foo.bar";>
>>
>> This format tracks more closely with iframe’s “allow” serialization (and
>> other familiar meta http-equiv pragmas, like CSP).
>>
>> On 6/14/22 1:02 PM, Ari Chivukula wrote:
>>
>> Contact emails
>>
>> [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
>> <[email protected]>
>>
>> Prior Intent
>>
>>
>> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/JQ68cvYuiQU/m/S_33YSqxCwAJ
>>
>> Specification
>>
>> https://github.com/WICG/client-hints-infrastructure/pull/109
>>
>> Summary
>>
>> There is existing HTML syntax to delegate client hints to third-party
>> content which requires client information lost by user agent reduction
>> <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/R0xKm1B7qoQ>.
>> Example:
>>
>> <meta name="accept-ch" value="sec-ch-dpr=(https://foo.bar
>> https://baz.qux), sec-ch-width=(https://foo.bar)">
>>
>>
>>
>> We shipped this syntax in M100
>> <https://chromestatus.com/feature/5684289032159232> and got belated
>> developer feedback
>> <https://github.com/WICG/client-hints-infrastructure/issues/108> that
>> it’s confusing. We reached the conclusion it’s not too late to change
>> course due to low adoption
>> <https://chromestatus.com/metrics/feature/timeline/popularity/4081> so
>> far.
>>
>>
>>
>> This intent proposes a replacement syntax with the same feature set.
>> Example:
>>
>> <meta http-equiv="delegate-ch" value="sec-ch-dpr https://foo.bar
>> https://baz.qux; sec-ch-width https://foo.bar";>
>>
>>
>>
>> Blink component
>>
>> Blink>Network>ClientHints
>> <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=component%3ABlink%3ENetwork%3EClientHints>
>>
>>
>>
>> Motivation
>>
>> We’re switching from `name="accept-ch"` to `http-equiv="delegate-ch"` on
>> advice
>> <https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/702#issuecomment-1143680791>
>> that `http-equiv` should be used when the value is impacting the processing
>> model. We’re switching from syntax close to HTTP Permissions-Policy
>> <https://w3c.github.io/webappsec-permissions-policy/#permissions-policy-http-header-field>
>> to use syntax closer to the iframe allow attribute
>> <https://html.spec.whatwg.org/dev/iframe-embed-object.html#attr-iframe-allow>
>> at the request of developers
>> <https://github.com/WICG/client-hints-infrastructure/issues/108>.
>>
>>
>>
>> Although this change is coming after a launch in M100, usage
>> <https://chromestatus.com/metrics/feature/timeline/popularity/4081> of
>> the prior syntax is low (currently 0.000016%) and it seems worth taking the
>> opportunity to reduce developer confusion and increase standards compliance.
>>
>> TAG review
>>
>> https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/702
>>
>> Compatibility
>>
>> We will not be removing either prior syntax, so there is no compatibility
>> risk.
>>
>>
>> Interoperability
>>
>> Other engines haven’t shipped the previous delegation syntax, so are
>> unlikely to object to this specific change.
>>
>>
>>
>> Gecko: Neutral
>> <https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/596>
>>
>>
>>
>> WebKit: No feedback on last request
>> <https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-dev/2021-November/032057.html>
>>
>>
>>
>> Web developers: Positive interest from Cloudinary
>> <https://github.com/WICG/client-hints-infrastructure/issues/108>
>>
>> Debuggability
>>
>> Any improperly formatted client hint meta tags will be flagged in the
>> Issues tab
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lDEvj8tMeuvUs1HTTqL-44YiI-7ljeQkusM_WhUfIeE/edit>
>> .
>>
>> Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests?
>>
>> https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt/pull/34416
>>
>> Tracking bug
>>
>> https://crbug.com/1334152
>>
>> Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status
>>
>> https://chromestatus.com/feature/6308751530262528
>>
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