- From: Paul Leach <paulle@microsoft.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 09:37:37 -0700
- To: "'Roy T. Fielding'" <fielding@avron.ICS.UCI.EDU>
- Cc: "'koen@win.tue.nl'" <koen@win.tue.nl>, "'http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com'" <http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
>---------- >From: Roy T. Fielding[SMTP:fielding@avron.ICS.UCI.EDU] >Sent: Thursday, May 02, 1996 2:12 AM >To: Paul Leach >Cc: 'koen@win.tue.nl'; http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com >Subject: Re: EDITS for Section 13.20 (Cache Replacement for Varying >Resources) > >>> 13.20 Caching Responses >>> >> If a new cacheable response (see sections 10.7.2, 13.11.2, 13.11.3 >>>and 13.14) >> is received from a non-varying resource while an old response for the >> same >> resource is cached, the cache SHOULD insert the new response into >> cache storage >> (see section 13.7.3). > >Not accurate -- the cache never needs to do any such thing in order to >remain conditionally compliant with HTTP (the meaning of "SHOULD"). If it doesn't cache responses as a general rule, it may be a proxy, but it ain't a cache. >
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