- From: Marcos Caceres <marcosc@opera.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:08:50 +0200
- To: Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com>
- Cc: public-webapps <public-webapps@w3.org>
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com> wrote: > On Sep 29, 2009, at 18:14 , Marcos Caceres wrote: >> >> ---- >> ta-VngNBkhUXz: >> "If the protocol used for acquisition of a potential Zip archive >> does >> not provide, or otherwise include, a media type, then a user agent >> should treat the acquired potential Zip archive as if it has been >> acquired from a protocol that does not label resources with a media >> type." >> >> I agree that "should" is evil. But I think here it is justified. > > Well, it might be more an issue with phrasing. What the above is saying is > essentially: IF protocol does not label zip with media type THEN look at zip > as if coming from a protocol that does not label with media type. If green, > treat as if it were green. No: it says if is green, then the UA SHOULD treat as green. Unsure how to proceed. >> ---- >> ta-HTgovPjElK: >> "During Step 7, a user agent must apply the algorithm to process a >> configuration document." >> >> I don't think this assertions is redundant. It can be tested by having >> a configuration document that exhaustively tests a UA by having a >> complex configuration document that covers all test conditions. This >> tests would be "compound" (as opposed to atomic), but I think it's an >> important test. > > We discussed this and I don't think that it's possible to craft a document > that tests all of the branches of the algorithm at once. This means one has > to devolve to multiple tests. Those might be somewhat more complex than the > more unit-oriented tests that we have, but not really by that much. Agreed. -- Marcos Caceres http://datadriven.com.au
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