IRC log of webfonts on 2023-01-24

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17:06:01 [Vlad]
zakim, start meeting
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RRSAgent, make logs Public
17:06:03 [Zakim]
Meeting: Web Fonts Working Group Teleconference
17:06:08 [skef]
present!
17:06:11 [skef]
present+
17:06:13 [Garret]
present+
17:06:18 [Vlad]
present+
17:06:26 [Vlad]
scribenick: skef
17:07:19 [skef]
First discussion: Integrating client state into the client table in the font
17:07:31 [skef]
There is a PR with the changes
17:07:55 [skef]
We now have a format for the data
17:08:26 [skef]
Request and response descriptions are modified accordingly
17:08:29 [skef]
Response is much simpler
17:09:08 [skef]
Overall Garret considers the changes positive relative to spec complexity
17:09:17 [skef]
Possible further changes:
17:10:02 [skef]
Considering having the client state object attached to the request rather than unpacking and mixing the fields as they are now
17:10:40 [skef]
Skef agrees that would be a good change
17:11:46 [skef]
(Might need special handling for the codepoint_ordering field.)
17:12:47 [skef]
Second topic: Future of VCDiff in spec as a required implementation
17:14:54 [skef]
Skef worried about the complexity of Brotli, and also the modularity of the implementations
17:17:35 [skef]
Vlad worried about optional spec parts, favors making Brotli mandatory
17:24:15 [skef]
Brotli font-aware patch compression: Finding the related parts of the file
17:26:38 [skef]
Should we specify this in the spec? Garret: Worth mentioning but shouldn't be required
17:31:08 [skef]
Will compare "naive" VCDIFF to "naive" Brotli and see if there are any advantages to the former. If not that will favor dropping VCDiff
17:33:52 [skef]
Garret has been working with the Chrome team on a proper implementation
17:36:36 [skef]
Garret will reach out about the current range-request spec status
17:37:40 [skef]
Question: Are the compression formats in the HTTP spec optional, mandatory, or a mix?
17:38:02 [skef]
(Brotli is in that list.)
17:40:31 [skef]
Will plan on next meeting in two weeks
17:40:40 [skef]
(February 7th)
17:41:04 [Vlad]
zakim, list attendees
17:41:04 [Zakim]
As of this point the attendees have been skef, Garret, Vlad
17:41:12 [Vlad]
rrsagent, make minutes
17:41:14 [RRSAgent]
I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2023/01/24-webfonts-minutes.html Vlad