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

In message <5901086EE0C2B0C990D24ED8@cyrus.local>, Cyrus Daboo writes:

>In the CalDAV (RFC4791) world we do have servers immediately modifying data 
>PUT by clients with the requirement that clients then have to immediately 
>do a GET. This happens because the server typically does take immediate 
>action to do some form of scheduling - that may simply be to add an 
>indicator to the data that a scheduling operation is pending (and that 
>operation then happens asynchronously). Avoiding the extra roundtrip would 
>be beneficial in this case particularly as mobile devices make use of this 
>service.
>
>That said, I agree with Roy that adding clarifying text about appropriate 
>use cases makes sense.

Cool, so now I just wonder why we need to "spend" an RFC on a header
which is an optional polite query ?

Wouldn't it be smarter to RFC4791 and give the header more bite than
a polite request ?

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Received on Wednesday, 30 March 2011 06:51:34 UTC