Re: RST_STREAM(OK) after an HTTP response from Martin Thomson on 2014-10-14 (ietf-http-wg@w3.org from October to December 2014)

From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 10:09:22 -0700
To: Mike Bishop <Michael.Bishop@microsoft.com>
Cc: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>, Matthew Cox <macox@microsoft.com>, Osama Mazahir <OSAMAM@microsoft.com>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CABkgnnU4METU5r73BsTThTNEL+o=7UMY68jHThXyddRbFnsJzQ@mail.gmail.com>

On 14 October 2014 09:59, Mike Bishop <Michael.Bishop@microsoft.com> wrote:
> On the text itself, I would make it a SHOULD NOT.  A client can already discard a response any time it wants, for any reason it wants.  Why is this one in particular deserving of an absolute prohibition?

It's not an absolute prohibition, it's intended to limit it to MUST
NOT discard as a direct result of this particular message (i.e., the
RST_STREAM.  I'm happy to take adjustments to that effect.

Received on Tuesday, 14 October 2014 17:09:50 UTC