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created_at = <Date 2018-10-02.22:28:39.501>
labels = ['library', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
title = 'Change .js mime to "text/javascript"'
updated_at = <Date 2022-01-21.11:06:31.601>
user = 'https://github.com/MylesBorins'

activity = <Date 2022-01-21.11:06:31.601>
actor = 'arhadthedev'
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components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2018-10-02.22:28:39.501>
creator = 'mylesborins'
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issue_num = 34875
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 7.0
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nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['asvetlov', 'ammar2', 'mylesborins', 'wangjiahua', 'arhadthedev']
pr_nums = ['9678', '30740']
priority = 'normal'
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stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue34875'
versions = ['Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10', 'Python 3.11']

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1. MylesBorins commented on Oct 2, 2018

   

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   I propose to change the mapping of file extension .js to mime type "text/javascript" from "application/javascript.

   "text/javascript" is the currently documented best practice in the whatwg HTML spec.

   https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/scripting.html#scriptingLanguages:javascript-mime-type
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3. ammaraskar commented on Oct 2, 2018

   

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   It should be noted that the HTML spec also says:

   The term "JavaScript" is used to refer to ECMA-262, rather than the official term ECMAScript, since the term JavaScript is more widely known. Similarly, the MIME type used to refer to JavaScript in this specification is text/javascript, since that is the most commonly used type, despite it being an officially obsoleted type according to RFC 4329.

   https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#dependencies:willful-violation
4. asvetlov

   changed the title [-]Change .js mime to "test/javascript"[/-] [+]Change .js mime to "text/javascript"[/+] on Oct 3, 2018
5. asvetlov commented on Oct 3, 2018

   

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   By RCF 4329 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4329#page-9 text/javascript is obsoleted, application/javascript is a part of the standard.

   WhatWg is a controversial group. Their specs don't always follow official standards but Python does.

   Sorry, I should decline the proposal.

   Feel free to raise an issue again if IETF will change their opinion.
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   closed this as completedon Oct 3, 2018
7. MylesBorins commented on Oct 3, 2018

   

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   There is a IETF proposal that would make "text/javascript" no longer obsolete.

   Will revisit at the point this lands

   https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dispatch-javascript-mjs/
8. asvetlov commented on Oct 3, 2018

   

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   We can return to the question when (and if) the draft will be accepted.
9. MylesBorins commented on Jun 17, 2019

   

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   Hey All,

   I'd like to reopen this. We are almost done with the IETF standardization of .mjs, and part of this process is making obsolete application/javascript in favor of text/javascript.

   --> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dispatch-javascript-mjs/
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    reopened this on Jun 17, 2019
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12. arhadthedev commented on Jan 21, 2022

    

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    Myles, it looks like the draft 14 contains a mismatch in 6.2.1:

    6.2.1. text/ecmascript

    Type name: application
    Subtype name: ecmascript

    In header it's text, in details it's application. Is it intended?

    I believe that a typo wouldn't pass though fourteen revisions but nevertheless, just to be safe.
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14. mathiasbynens commented on May 10, 2022

    

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    Following up to this old thread + this earlier discussion: RFC 9239 now unequivocally resolves this disagreement. Patch: #92627
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16. encukou commented on Mar 26, 2024

    

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    This was reported later in #97646, and changed in #97934 (Python 3.12).

    Reacted by Mathias Bynens
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    closed this as completedon Mar 26, 2024

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