Re: Intent to Ship: Display Cutout & CSS Environment Variables

The spec pull request to define the safe area variables has been merged and
is now part of the spec
<https://drafts.csswg.org/css-env-1/#safe-area-insets>.

(@David - thanks again for reviewing the PR)

On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 2:55 PM, L. David Baron <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Monday 2018-06-25 13:18 -0700, Becca Hughes wrote:
> > >> On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 12:47 AM, Rune Lillesveen <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> > >>> The CSSWG resolved on four values and edits to be made to CSS
> Variables
> > >>> Level 2[1]. Do we have a resolution overriding that to put it in a
> separate
> > >>> spec?
> > >>>
> > >>> I would not be comfortable shipping this without having these four
> > >>> values put in a spec with a description of what they are.
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> I am not sure about the resolution, I will let @Tab answer that one.
> > >>
> > >> I added a pull request to add them to the spec:
> https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/pull/2807
> > >>
> > >
> > It looks like Tab will be OOO for the next couple of weeks, but this
> > shouldn't block launch.
>
> I think the underlying objection here is that we don't want to get
> in a situation where multiple implementations are shipping a feature
> that doesn't have a specification.  I don't think that something
> being in Tab's backlog of specification editing in an acceptable
> resolution to that, given the size of his backlog.
>
> I also don't want to be in a situation where Tab is the single
> person gating new features; other people should be able to edit CSS
> specifications, particularly when given appropriate mentoring and
> advice.
>
> So I'd be substantially happier here if there were a specification
> before a second implementation shipped, but I also think getting
> that specification done shouldn't require any one particular person
> to be involved.
>
> -David
>
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