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guybedford / import-maps-extensions

Extensions to the WICG import maps proposal
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Remove depcache proposal #8

Closed guybedford closed 4 months ago

guybedford commented 3 years ago

After a number of discussions with browser developers there has been zero support or appreciation for depcache.

Given this I don't think the proposal should waste valuable mindspace anymore, and should simply be taken off the table entirely.

joeljeske commented 5 months ago

It is a bummer that vendors haven't picked up the proposal. Do you know if there is any other competing solution/proposal for the waterfall problem with esm? Are we to be stuck with proprietary module loaders in the browser forever? 😢

guybedford commented 4 months ago

With the recent success of the implementation of the integrity field, perhaps it isn't unreasonable to still consider depcache, especially since it is far more compressible than preload scripts and retains dynamic import compatibility - perhaps when the use case becomes clear enough there may still be interest. Will close this PR.