Re: Extending redirects to suggest updated locations ?

Hi Julian,

On Sun, Oct 03, 2010 at 09:55:05AM +0200, Julian Reschke wrote:
> How about:
> 
> HTTP/1.1 200 OK
> Content-status: deprecated
> Link: <haproxy-1.4.9.tar.gz>; rel=newest-version

Yes, probably something like this. It would make a good use of
the Link header. And doing it this way is a good idea because
it even allows multiple Link headers in case other branches may
be suggested. For instance :

Link: <haproxy-1.4.8.1.tar.gz>; rel=fixed-version; title="Fixes critical bug"
Link: <haproxy-1.4.9.tar.gz>; rel=updated-version; title="Latest in same branch"
Link: <haproxy-2.0.2.tar.gz>; rel=newest-version; title="Latest in latest branch"

In case nobody would object, how could we move on ? Doing so involves a
new header ("content-status"), so that should probably require proper
registration. Also, I've not seen any registry for all relation-types,
so we might need to define a few. Also, does a draft need to be written
to advance ?

Thanks,
Willy

Received on Sunday, 3 October 2010 16:58:42 UTC