repo name nit: it'd be nice if this were simply w3c/mediacapture

[hober]

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[jan-ivar]

That sounds appealing. I assume we have a way of doing so without breaking old links?

I do notice that for https://w3c.github.io/webrtc-pc the TR version is named https://www.w3.org/TR/webrtc

So that might be another option. I wonder why we didn't do that there. @dontcallmedom do you know?

[jan-ivar]

To clarify, today we have:

• https://w3c.github.io/mediacapture-main
• https://www.w3.org/TR/mediacapture-streams
• https://wpt.fyi/results/mediacapture-streams

Is the proposal to change all (or just some) to:

• https://w3c.github.io/mediacapture
• https://www.w3.org/TR/mediacapture
• https://wpt.fyi/results/mediacapture

?

[dontcallmedom-bot]

This issue had an associated resolution in WebRTC Interim, May 21st – 21 May 2024 (Issue 1003: repo name nit: it'd be nice if this were simply w3c/mediacapture):

RESOLUTION: Mediacapture-streams will be renamed to Mediacapture

[dontcallmedom]

the reason the shortnames aren't aligned is historical; that being said, the cost of renaming the repo isn't trivial since it requires creating redirects, updating a number of other projects (browser-specs, wpt, mdn bcd, …) - I'm not convinced this is worth doing at this point.

[eladalon1983]

I'm not convinced this is worth doing at this point.

I'd also not have suggested this because I think it's more work than it's worth. But if the people who suggested this renaming are motivated enough...

Maybe the inverse is easier? Maybe you could create https://w3c.github.io/mediacapture and have it redirect to https://w3c.github.io/mediacapture-main? (Just a thought.)

[alvestrand]

FWIW, Google search for link:https://w3c.github.io/mediacapture-main claims that there are around 5.740 links around the Web to the github.io version of the spec.
And another 7.570 linking to link:https://github.com/webrtc/mediacapture-main

So the redirects will have to stay around forever.

[dontcallmedom]

given the expected cost/benefits ratio, we're no longer proposing to proceed with this