- From: Dirk.vanGulik <Dirk.vanGulik@jrc.it>
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 19:26:22 +0100
- To: koen@win.tue.nl
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Would it be possible to cover some middle ground,
I'd be very happy which something like the following scheme, which fits well
with some of the technology out there:
1. All 'new' servers should be able to understand both
GET http://something/somewhere HTTP/1.x
*and*
GET somewhere HTTP/1.y
(with an optional host; which if there should be
dealt with accordingly, regardless of the IP)
Wether x and y can be 1 and 0 is open to debate, I would be in
favour of having y=0 only and x=0 or 1.
This regardless of wether their marketing drones claim that
is speaks http/1.9 or wathever.
2. All (current) servers should be able to understand
the Host: something line, at best they should not break
when one is flashed at them.
3. All 'new' clients should do a
GET somewhere HTTP/1.0
Host: something
while we are still in http 1.0 and a full
GET http://something/somewhere HTTP/1.1
when they are really a 1.1 (and know (how?) that the
server will swallow 1.1).
Does this make sense ? I agree, it is not perfect, but it
allows some of us to slowly start to optimizing our servers
and installatins without breaking toooo much.
Does this make sense as a bad kind of middle ground.
Dw.
Received on Tuesday, 19 March 1996 10:31:34 UTC