- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:12:59 +1000
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On 11/07/2012, at 11:07 PM, Julian Reschke wrote: > From an off-list WGLC comment: > >> 3.3. If-Modified-Since >> >> The "If-Modified-Since" header field MAY be used to make a request method conditional by modification date: if the selected representation has not been modified since the time specified in this field, then do not perform the request method; instead, respond as detailed below. >> >> This section doesn't seem to say anything about methods other than GET, yet the text seems to imply that a more general case is also covered below. > > -> <http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/371> > > Indeed, the spec doesn't really say; is it (a) undefined, (b) 304, or (c) 412? My .02 - 304 is clearly not correct. I'd be inclined to say undefined, as I don't think we want to promote IMS in these uses. -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
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