On Sat, 06 Jun 2015 20:45:44 +0200, Eric Rescorla <e...@rtfm.com> wrote:
On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 11:29 AM, Christian Walde
<walde.christ...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 06 Jun 2015 20:22:34 +0200, Eric Rescorla <e...@rtfm.com> wrote:
On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 4:49 AM, <walde.christ...@gmail.com> wrote:
There's one argument unmentioned here, and i suspect it wasn't
mentioned yet because Tucker is too polite >>>>to do so. I however,
having been burned many ways by Mozilla's "governance", have no
reason to be polite >>>>about it.
The addition of things like Hello and Pocket in FF core* deserves
only a single description:
Hypocrisy.
Mozilla removed features that were core in FF, and would've been core
in *any* browser; while arguing those >>>>features could be re-added
as extensions.
I'm trying to figure out how you think this applies to Hello. The
WebRTC
functionality in Firefox that Hello makes use of is still there and
continues
to be improved.
As far as i can tell:
WebRTC is an API, which of course belongs into core.
Hello is a user interface, which should've been an extension.
Or is it not be possible to implement an extension that duplicates
Hello's functionality and makes use of the >>WebRTC api?
Yes, it is probably possible to implement an extension that duplicate's
Hello's functionality. I don't think it follows from that that it's not
appropriate
to ship it as part of Firefox.
Thanks for confirming that my line of thought is correct on the
implementability of Hello as an extension.
That said, you may think it does not follow, but given that you do not
explain why you think this, there is not much of a conversation to be had,
and your ability to convince is zero as of now.
As i stated in my original email, given their explanation of earlier
removals, it is hypocritical of Mozilla to implement functionality in core
that could be implemented in an extension instead.
If there is special circumstance for either Hello or Pocket, there should
be a very good reason for it, but so far none is obvious or has indeed
been given.
--
With regards,
Christian Walde
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