- From: <hallam@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 09 Mar 96 14:15:03 -0500
- To: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
- Cc: hallam@w3.org, http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com, hallam@w3.org
The point is not whether the chunked encoding is in or out of HTTP/1.1 In fact I would if anything prefer it to be out if anything. What I was reacting to was a suggestion that the footers be dropped from chunked and put in HTTP/1.1. This is a change I can see absolutely no technical justification for whatsoever. I also fail to see any political advantage which would mean getting the spec to proposed standard earlier. Thinking that reports of such a change might have been subject to a certain degree of confusion I thought it best to send a private message to the chair rather than exciting the whole list over what could well have been a simple misunderstanding or confusion. If people were indeed worried by any additional complexity involved in the handling of footers they need only construct a very simple FSM to strip out the additional items. What I am concerned about that in a rush to get 1.1 out the door decisions will be made which will cause us compatibility problems in 1.2. It would be something of an embarassment to have to introduce a second encoding for no other reason than the first one had been fumbled. In summary I suggest that we ensure that wherever possible the 1.1. spec requires implementations to be tolerant in accepting and call to attention the areas where extension is likely. Phill
Received on Saturday, 9 March 1996 11:21:44 UTC