Re: backward compatibility of non-cachable headers

> I thought up the `Cache-Control always overrides Expires in 1.1, even
> if Expires gives a shorter lifetime' idea in the context of Vary
> headers and negotiable resources. ...

Ummm, that should be in draft 00......oops, I guess I forgot it.
Max-age needs to override expires simply because we don't want servers
to have to calculate the HTTP-date in expires if they understand max-age.

......Roy

Received on Sunday, 18 February 1996 08:41:52 UTC