Re: #290 [was: SHOULD-level requirements in p6-caching]

In message <E18FC49C-0865-4534-8A14-C30BA8D40295@mnot.net>, Mark Nottingham wri
tes:

>> I would like to see the text say that if there is a "Cache-Control:"
>> header "Pragma:" MUST be ignored, to resolve the possible conflicts
>> between them.
>
>We already have:
>
>> A cache SHOULD treat "Pragma: no-cache" as if the client had sent
>>    "Cache-Control: no-cache".
>
>
>so that makes them equivalent. 

That is probably a bit more than I would read into it.

But that does not in any way resolve what to do if you have both
and they are in conflict.

I think it is a good idea to state clearly that Cache-Control takes
precedence if both are present.

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