[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #63821: Proposal: Drop support for IE conditional scripts and styles

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#63821: Proposal: Drop support for IE conditional scripts and styles
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 Reporter:  jonsurrell                           |       Owner:  joedolson
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  6.9
Component:  General                              |     Version:  4.8
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests needs-dev-  |     Focuses:
  note needs-testing has-test-info               |  javascript, css
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Comment (by joedolson):

 My only question in this is about the deprecation notice. On the one hand,
 I think it's good to tell developers that there is a deprecation, and they
 can remove calls to conditional scripts.

 On the other hand, this warning is a visible error flag for any site that
 has debugging enabled in the environment. It's most likely to be relevant
 on sites that were built long enough ago that conditional scripts were
 relevant, and those are more likely to be sites that don't have active
 development - e.g., themes that are no longer maintained, sites who don't
 have developers on hand, etc.

 So I'm wondering whether we should actually deprecate this silently. The
 existence of these additional scripts doesn't harm sites; but the
 deprecation notice might.

 Opinion, @jonsurrell?

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63821#comment:24>
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