Re: XHR LC comment: Accept header went from MUST NOT to SHOULD

Stewart Brodie wrote:
>> If a server can't cope with it (evidence, please!), fix it.
> 
> Some older versions of Microsoft IIS are the servers that I've come across
> that fail to cope with it.  It is unrealistic to expect these to be
> undeployed any time soon.  The comment in my code does not specify version
> numbers - it simply indicates that a lack of an Accept header causes some
> versions of IIS to return a None Match error.  On that basis, and because
> sending "Accept: */*" fixes the problem, I am assuming that the fault lies
> in the content negotation code.

Well, the client alway can set "Accept" to "*/*" if it needs to 
communicate with that server.

Please do not burden the spec with workarounds when it is clearly *not* 
required.

BR, Julian