Re: [whatwg/fetch] Referrer policy: Should request's referrer policy be updated in the main fetch? (#266)

I don't know what the other issues are, so this may be a silly question, but is it possible / desirable to update request's referrer policy after the referrer calculation in the main fetch? I mean, putting the below statements, for example.

1. If _request_'s referrer policy is empty, set _request_'s referrer policy to the value of environment’s referrer policy.
1. If _request_'s referrer policy is still empty, set _request_'s referrer policy to "no-referrer-when-downgrade".

It looks simpler to me - the referrer of a request originated from a page will not be affected by the service worker script's referrer policy. It's also consistent with the redirect behavior. "determine request referrer policy" algorithm has a special term (2) for it, but we will be able to remove the item. Additionally, as an implementer I would be more comfortable with it for some reason.


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