Intent to Prototype: "deflate-raw" compression format

[Yutaka Hirano]

Contact emails

yhi...@chromium.org, ri...@chromium.org

Explainer

None

Specification

https://wicg.github.io/compression/

https://github.com/WICG/compression/pull/43

Summary

Add a new compression format, "deflate-raw", to give web developers to access to the raw deflate stream without any headers or footers. This is needed, for example, to read/write zip files.

Blink component

Blink>Network>StreamsAPI

Motivation

To allow web developers to handle raw deflate stream without any headers or footers.

Initial public proposal

https://github.com/WICG/compression/issues/25

TAG review

TAG review status

N/A, I believe this is subtle enough to skip TAG review.

Risks

Interoperability and Compatibility

Gecko: No signal

WebKit: No signal

Web developers: Positive (https://github.com/wicg/compression/issues/25)

Other signals:

WebView application risks

Debuggability

Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests?

No

Flag name

#enable-experimental-web-platform-features

Requires code in //chrome?

False

Tracking bug

https://crbug.com/1271220

Estimated milestones

No milestones specified

Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status

https://chromestatus.com/feature/5172771293233152

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