[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #53078: Stop loading polyfills specific to Internet Explorer

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#53078: Stop loading polyfills specific to Internet Explorer
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 Reporter:  desrosj        |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  5.8
Component:  Script Loader  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch      |     Focuses:
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Comment (by desrosj):

 Was revisiting this today and realized the current approach in my PR will
 not work.

 The scripts would no longer be registered with that approach. The scripts
 should continue to be available for plugins and themes to enqueue if their
 code requires these polyfills. This is important because if anyone is
 currently defining these as dependencies for their custom code, that code
 would stop loading on update.

 I'm leaning towards two options:
 - Remove the inline script attached to `wp-polyfill` in 5.8. This would
 stop the polyfills from loading but would allow someone else to enqueue or
 load them.
 - Wait and remove these other polyfills until `wp-polyfill` is evaluated
 in #52941.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/53078#comment:11>
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