- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 14:10:55 +1100
- To: William A. Rowe Jr. <wrowe@rowe-clan.net>
- Cc: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
On 24/11/2011, at 3:52 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > It's easier to say servers are always permitted to coalesce responses in a > manner that makes delivery more efficient. I believe this needs to include > sequencing them in serial order as mentioned in... Reading this thread, I'm inclined to agree; rather than being too specific, we could note the security issues, as well as the potential impact on clients. How about adding a paragraph to p5 5.4.2: """ Servers are not required to return the exact range requested in a partial response, and MAY coalesce several ranges into a single response, to make delivery more efficient. Clients SHOULD NOT depend upon the requested ranges being returned as specified in a partial response. This includes the size of the ranges, their offsets, and their ordering in the response. """ Cheers, -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
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