Re: I-D Action:draft-snell-http-prefer-03.txt

Sitting here with Roy, who's asking much the same question. James, I know there was a discussion about this a while back, but it's new to many; can you give an overview?

Cheers,


On 29/03/2011, at 11:31 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> In message <B27105DD-AFD1-451C-B9D7-ED79888A657B@mnot.net>, Mark Nottingham wri
> tes:
> 
>>> A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
>>> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-snell-http-prefer-03.txt
> 
> Couldt we please try to make it a habit to include some kind of use-case
> or justification for these "bolt-on" drafts ?
> 
> It's probably my imagination that is flawed, but the only mental connection
> I can attach to this draft is RFC748, so somebody please explain:
> 
> 1. Whats the point.
> 
> 2. How dows this help.
> 
> 3. How much will it help.
> 
> Poul-Henning
> 
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