1507263 - Expose webgl exts for BPTC and RGTC

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Graphics: CanvasWebGL, enhancement, P2)

Description

[Kelsey Gilbert [:jgilbert]]

These are Community Approved now, so can be exposed.

Comment 1

[Kelsey Gilbert [:jgilbert]]

Attachment: Bug 1507263 - Expose BPTC and RGTC WebGL exts.

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/11b611171e23
Expose BPTC and RGTC WebGL exts. r=lsalzman

Comment 3

[Narcis Beleuzu [:NarcisB]]

Backed out for webgl failures on test_common.html

Backout link: https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/021f66ca12ea8ba3165a20a51baf7948a3040fc9
Push link: https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/11b611171e239700d47156fb98e337915456308e
Log link: https://treeherder.mozilla.org/logviewer.html#?job_id=212117181&repo=autoland&lineNumber=5306

Comment 4

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/26048fa38e56
Expose BPTC and RGTC WebGL exts. r=lsalzman

Comment 5

[Raul Gurzau (:RaulG)]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/26048fa38e56

Comment 6

[Chris Mills [:cmills]]

Note to MDN writers:

I've added a note to the Fx65 rel notes about this:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/65#APIs

The ref pages still need documenting, and compat data writing.

Comment 7

[Florian Scholz (Open Web Docs)]

Documentation work:

Extension mentioned on
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebGL_API#Extensions
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebGL_API/Using_Extensions
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebGLRenderingContext/getSupportedExtensions
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebGLRenderingContext/getExtension

New reference pages
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EXT_texture_compression_bptc
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EXT_texture_compression_rgtc

Mentioned new formats on
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebGLRenderingContext/compressedTexImage2D
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebGLRenderingContext/compressedTexSubImage2D

Release notes
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/65#Canvas_and_WebGL

Compat data
https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/pull/3559

I'm not at all a compression or WebGL expert, so a review would be appreciated, :jgilbert.

Comment 8

[Kelsey Gilbert [:jgilbert]]

Thanks fscholz, that looks great.