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 >> >> 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 Edge: Supported the API change when originally made 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 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "blink-dev" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to blink-dev+unsubscr...@chromium.org. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAEGwwi2A6D5qauaU4nQHBB6%3D6H6eo6WMEv9tFS8%3DKk4hYu%3D9rg%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAEGwwi2A6D5qauaU4nQHBB6%3D6H6eo6WMEv9tFS8%3DKk4hYu%3D9rg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to blink-dev+unsubscr...@chromium.org. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/b39bd741-be84-4730-9293-f45e4def4631n%40chromium.org.