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@andreubotella andreubotella commented Nov 17, 2020

This removes the requirement for <link rel="icon"> to fire load and error events, which no implementation followed.

Closes #6122.

(See WHATWG Working Mode: Changes for more details.)


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This removes the requirement for <link rel="icon"> to fire load and
error events, which no implementation followed.

Closes whatwg#6122.
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<li><p>Otherwise, <span data-x="concept-event-fire">fire an event</span> named <code
data-x="event-error">error</code> at <var>el</var>.</p></li>
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algorithm, the <dfn>default process the linked resource</dfn> algorithm does nothing.</p>
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I don't think the <dfn> is necessary anymore. Instead, let's copy the verbiage from above, where it says

Similarly, individual link types may provide their own linked resource fetch setup steps, but unless explicitly stated, these steps just return true.

@domenic domenic merged commit d324d9b into whatwg:master Nov 18, 2020
@andreubotella andreubotella deleted the link-rel-icon-no-events branch November 18, 2020 17:37
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domenic commented Nov 18, 2020

Forgot to say, thanks very much for tracking this down!

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