- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@ebuilt.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 16:37:15 -0800
- To: Jim Whitehead <ejw@cse.ucsc.edu>
- Cc: "Clemm, Geoff" <gclemm@rational.com>, WebDAV <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>
On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 04:10:35PM -0800, Jim Whitehead wrote: > > Why isn't GETSRC just a GET on the DAV:dst of the DAV:source property? > > (If it is just a shorthand for this, I'm against the redundant marshalling > > of this request through a new method). > > The source link has not been implemented. We don't currently have two > interoperable implementations. Thus, according to IETF policy, the source > link goes away in the revision of 2518. If you change the protocol to add GETSRC, then there is no point in revising RFC 2518 -- it would have to recycle at Proposed. I think it would make more sense to have the server and client developers explain why they did not implement it and then come up with a solution that they will implement. I certainly don't want to implement a GETSRC method -- that instantly doubles the server's access control complexity and response codes. ....Roy
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