Re: PATCH, Expect, Prefer, etc

Hi Julian,

--On August 3, 2007 2:52:31 PM +0200 Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> 
wrote:

>>> Also, I'd clarify that the default response for a successful PATCH would
>>> be 204, not 208.
>>
>> Why would a default be needed?
>
> OK, let me rephrase that: I don't want a default status, but a default
> preference; and that should be not to return the whole entity.

+1 The client should be the one to decide whether the new entity is 
returned or not, and we need an appropriate header for the client to 
indicate that decision to the server. We should also extend PUT/POST to 
support that new header too so that the new entity after a PUT/POST could 
be returned.

-- 
Cyrus Daboo