On 2013-08-09 15:32, Boris Zbarsky wrote:
There is a proposal in
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=903372 to remove xml:base
support.
Do we actually use this for anything? I thought we used to set it for
xbl stuff, but I don't see obvious code doing that.
If we can, it would be great to rip this out: it would significantly
simplify a bunch of things.
-Boris
For what it's worth, I find xml:base very useful in my extension. It is
a feed reader and it displays content from many third-party sources on a
single page, so there's a need for multiple base URIs in order to
resolve relative URIs correctly.
The arguments so far have focused on code simplicity, lack of support in
other browsers, and Mozilla itself not using the feature. I haven't seen
anyone address the arguably most important question: is the feature
useful for the web at large? Perhaps we should improve our
implementation and push for its adoption, rather than jump on the bandwagon?
In principle, functionality provided by xml:base seems useful for web
applications that deal with third-party content. Maybe someone more
knowledgeable can estimate how much need there is in practice, though.
- Adam
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