- From: Jean-Philippe Martin-Flatin <syj@ecmwf.int>
- Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 10:08:25 +0100
- To: Roy Fielding <fielding@beach.w3.org>
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
On Sep 15, 15:30, Roy Fielding wrote: > > > This document defines both the 0.9 and 1.0 versions of the HTTP > > protocol. Applications sending Full-Request or Full-Response > > messages, as defined by this specification, must include an > > HTTP-Version of "HTTP/1.0". > > > >I think there's a mix-up in the first sentence of the last paragraph: the > >purpose of HTTP/1.0 Draft 3 is most definitely not to define HTTP/0.9. Its > >sole references to HTTP/0.9 address compatibility issues. > > No, this specification does define HTTP/0.9. It is, in fact, > the only formal definition of HTTP/0.9. It's "purpose" is an entirely > separate matter which is not relevant to that sentence. IMHO, this is a bad idea. You don't define HTTP/0.9 in a document entitled "Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0", and you don't define 2 levels of the protocol in a single document. Sounds like common sense and common practice to me. Who needs a formal spec for HTTP/0.9 anyway, whose major version number looks very much like a pre-release ? OK, it's not really important... Jean-Philippe
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