On ons, 2007-11-14 at 14:29 +0100, Julian Reschke wrote: > Henrik Nordstrom wrote: > > On ons, 2007-11-14 at 11:25 +1100, Mark Nottingham wrote: > > > >> OTOH, making this requirement a SHOULD is probably closer to > >> reflecting current practice, especially if we were to have some > >> explanatory text about it. > > > > +1 > > > > There is no reason to have MUST level requirements without any > > noticeable impact on the operations of the protocol. And Via is > > certainly in that category. > > I would argue we should open a new issue for this one, i5 > (<http://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/1.1/rfc2616bis/issues/#i5>) was about > the inconsistency between SHOULD (14.38) and MUST (14.45). We fixed that > IMHO correctly (using consistently the stronger requirement). > > So if we want to relax the MUST level requirement, that should be > treated separately... Yes, it's two separate issues, even if the solution is mutually exclusive in terms of text change relateive to 2616. Regards Henrik
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