- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:30:44 -0700
- To: Greg Wilkins <gregw@webtide.com>
- Cc: Martin Thomson <Martin.Thomson@andrew.com>, Salvatore Loreto <salvatore.loreto@ericsson.com>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Yes, but see my other points -- I don't think the information is particularly useful. AFAICT there's only one really significant bit of information here -- "I intend to long-poll." On 30/06/2010, at 2:02 PM, Greg Wilkins wrote: > On 30 June 2010 02:46, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> wrote: > >> I'm inclined to think that passing specific timeout values from the client to the server isn't useful, and sometimes dangerous (because it will encourage creation of race conditions). The vast majority of intermediaries (whether HTTP, NAT, etc.) will NOT change this value according to their configuration, and so its value can't be trusted. > > Part of the idea of this mechanism is to give the intermediaries a > mechanism where they can actively signal their intent. I'm guessing > that current intermediaries do not signal their intent mostly because > there is no mechanism fo r them to do so, not because of any > unwillingness to do so. > > regards -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
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