It seems more responsible to both users, the community, and to the teams involved to re-build Imports on top of Web Packages and let JS catch up whenever the committee realizes the world changed around it.
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Replying to @slightlylate @MylesBorins
That path decouples progress from TC39 (a perenially winning move, in my experience) but leaves a path for eventual convergence. Why wait? Why bet on JS-first here when it has failed so massively to date?
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Replying to @slightlylate @MylesBorins
Out of interest, what necessary components need working on to make "let's bet the farm on modules" story plausible?
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Replying to @lukejacksonn @MylesBorins
Right now, we need a syntax for fetch options in module requests (particularly destination type, but also CORS, etc.). Had hoped to avoid, but looks necessary.
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Replying to @slightlylate @lukejacksonn
Seems like good use cases for modules attribute proposal
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Replying to @MylesBorins @lukejacksonn
Yep. What's the prognosis? Does committee grok it already burned through runway and is late to deliver?
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But let's say it works out...what's the case that we will not just continue to pile more transpilation on? What evidence shows meanings reductions in it vs. now fast-moving 90% browser-reach baseline?
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I want to believe. I have spent a decade mining this vein...but community doesn't want to hear we can't afford profligate ways, and node/server/cli tools are only insulating devs from costs today (not minimizing and/or providing visibility). What drives change in that behaviour?
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Replying to @slightlylate @lukejacksonn
This feels like the begining of "a new hope"



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