On 15.10.2010 04:28, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > > On Oct 14, 2010, at 1:27 AM, Julian Reschke wrote: > >> On 12.10.2010 18:38, Adam Barth wrote: >>> ... >>>> "If this is a response message received by a user-agent, it SHOULD be >>>> treated as in error by ignoring the message and closing the connection." >>> >>> SGTM. >>> >>> Adam >>> ... >> >> I've made it say: >> >> "If this is a response message received by a user-agent, it SHOULD be treated as an error by discarding the message and closing the connection." >> >> (<http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/changeset/1031>) > > Is there a reason for this to be a SHOULD instead of a MUST? I know Adam already asked that, but I don't recall seeing an answer. We can't simply break formerly-conforming implementations. What's important is IMHO that the problem is explained, and that we advise implementations what do to. Which keyword we use is unlikely to have a big effect on what implementations will do in practice. Best regards, JulianReceived on Friday, 15 October 2010 07:01:25 UTC
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