Can you request the various review gates in ChromeStatus?

On Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 3:55:58 AM UTC+9 Rick Byers wrote:

> A barely used WebXR-specific method that's been deprecated for 5+ years 
> seems very low risk to me. LGTM1 to remove.
>
> Rick
>
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM Brandon Jones <bajo...@chromium.org> 
> wrote:
>
>> Primary eng (and PM) emails
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>> bajo...@chromium.org
>>
>> Summary
>>
>> navigator.xr.supportsSession was replaced in the WebXR spec by the 
>> navigator.xr.isSessionSupported method in September of 2019 after receiving 
>> feedback on the API shape from the TAG. It has been marked as deprecated in 
>> Chromium since then, producing a console warning redirecting developers to 
>> the updated API.
>>
>>
>> Motivation
>> The API has been marked as deprecated for over 5 years. The function that 
>> replaced it provides identical functionality with better ergonomics. There 
>> is no need to retain the deprecated method.
>>
>>
>> Interoperability and Compatibility Risk
>>
>> Extremely low. WebXR usage is low overall, and usage of this specific 
>> call is lower still, as shown here 
>> <https://chromestatus.com/metrics/feature/timeline/popularity/2416>. 
>> Additionally, all major frameworks that are used to build WebXR content 
>> have been confirmed to have been updated to use the newer call, and all 
>> pages with WebXR content that were checked are using the newer method.
>>
>> Edge: Supported the API change when originally made 
>> <https://github.com/immersive-web/webxr/pull/841>
>>
>> Firefox: Never implemented
>>
>> Safari: Never implemented
>>
>>
>> Alternative implementation suggestion for web developers
>>
>> navigator.xr.isSessionSupported is a full replacement for this method.
>>
>> Usage information from UseCounter 
>> <https://code.google.com/p/chromium/codesearch#chromium/src/third_party/WebKit/Source/core/page/UseCounter.h&sq=package:chromium&type=cs&q=file:UseCounter.h%20Feature&l=39>
>>
>> https://chromestatus.com/metrics/feature/timeline/popularity/2416
>>
>> Entry on the feature dashboard <https://www.chromestatus.com/>
>>
>> https://chromestatus.com/feature/5114816316047360
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