Re: [hybi] New Version Notification for draft-mcmanus-httpbis-h2-websockets-00.txt from Patrick McManus on 2017-10-17 (ietf-http-wg@w3.org from October to December 2017)

From: Patrick McManus <pmcmanus@mozilla.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 10:48:15 -0400
To: Stefan Eissing <stefan.eissing@greenbytes.de>
Cc: Patrick McManus <pmcmanus@mozilla.com>, Mike Bishop <Michael.Bishop@microsoft.com>, Andy Green <andy@warmcat.com>, Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>, hybi <hybi@ietf.org>, Cory Benfield <cory@lukasa.co.uk>, McManus Patrick <mcmanus@ducksong.com>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
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nothing about versions other than the name Upgrade :)


On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 10:40 AM, Stefan Eissing <
stefan.eissing@greenbytes.de> wrote:

>
>
> > Am 17.10.2017 um 16:38 schrieb Patrick McManus <pmcmanus@mozilla.com>:
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 4:58 AM, Stefan Eissing <
> stefan.eissing@greenbytes.de> wrote:
> >
> > Me stupid. Me asking, why not :upgrade?
> >
> >
> > because its not upgrading anything to a higher version. I'm sure 6455
> would have used a different name except they were reusing existing h1
> infrastructure.
>
> rfc7230, ch. 6.7
>
> "The "Upgrade" header field is intended to provide a simple mechanism
>    for transitioning from HTTP/1.1 to some other protocol on the same
>    connection."
>
> Nothing about version here. I do not mind another header name, but if it
> does the same thing...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Stefan
>
>

Received on Tuesday, 17 October 2017 14:49:14 UTC