- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 11:45:39 +1100
- To: "Julian F. Reschke" <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: HTTP WG <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
https://github.com/httpwg/http-extensions/commit/5f22e10b0c82 Note that I changed "are free to" to "can" in the first one (as that phrase was the original source of the issue). Cheers, > On 26 Feb 2016, at 8:38 AM, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote: > > On 2016-02-25 22:30, Mark Nottingham wrote: >>>> Section 2., paragraph 11: >>>> OLD: >>>> >>>> Alt-Svc MAY occur in any HTTP response message, regardless of the >>>> status code. Note that recipients of Alt-Svc are free to ignore the >>>> header field (and indeed need to in some situations; see Sections 2.1 >>>> and 6). >>>> >>>> NEW: >>>> >>>> Alt-Svc MAY occur in any HTTP response message, regardless of the >>>> status code. Note that recipients of Alt-Svc MAY ignore the header >>>> field (and are required to in some situations; see Sections 2.1 and >>>> 6). >>> >>> This should be reverted; the actual requirements are in Sections 2.1 and 6, and we should not have them in multiple places. >> >> Agreed. > > 200. > >>>> Section 4., paragraph 2: >>>> OLD: >>>> >>>> The ALTSVC frame is a non-critical extension to HTTP/2. Endpoints >>>> that do not support this frame can safely ignore it. >>>> >>>> NEW: >>>> >>>> The ALTSVC frame is a non-critical extension to HTTP/2. Endpoints >>>> that do not support this frame MAY ignore it. >>> >>> This is IMHO misleading as it is true for any unknown frame. It just follows from <http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc7540.html#rfc.section.4.1>: >>> >>> "Implementations MUST ignore and discard any frame that has a type that is unknown." >> >> Would adding "as per [RFC7540], Section 4.1" help? > > "Endpoints that do not support this frame *will* ignore it (as per thee extensibility rules defined in Section 4.1 of [RFC7540])." > > ? > >>>> Section 4., paragraph 13: >>>> OLD: >>>> >>>> The ALTSVC frame is intended for receipt by clients; a server that >>>> receives an ALTSVC frame can safely ignore it. >>>> >>>> NEW: >>>> >>>> The ALTSVC frame is intended for receipt by clients. A device acting >>>> as a server MUST ignore it. >>> >>> I'm ok with this one (but wanted to highlight the new normative requirement). >>> >>> Best regards, Julian >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Mark Nottingham https://www.mnot.net/ > > Best regards, Julian > -- Mark Nottingham https://www.mnot.net/
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