- From: Scott Lawrence <lawrence@agranat.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 20:22:50 -0500
- To: "IETF Applications Area Discussion List" <discuss@apps.ietf.org>
> -----Original Message----- > From: Graham Klyne [mailto:GK@Dial.pipex.com] > >> At 13:17 17/03/99 +0100, Jacob Palme wrote: > >Yes, but none of them has a facility for marking extensions > >as critical or non-critical, and this is something I would > >very much like to have in APPLCORE. > The fact that it is not needed in all cases suggests to me that > critical/non-critical marking should not be part of a *core* protocol. And the fact that HTTP did not have that from the beginning (and doesn't have it as a core part of even 1.1) was a source of endless problems. Don't be use the rule to restrict you to repeating the mistakes of the past or you defeat any point this effort may have.
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