- From: Dave Kristol <dmk@bell-labs.com>
- Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 09:26:45 -0400
- To: Koen Holtman <koen@win.tue.nl>
- Cc: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
Koen Holtman wrote: > > Larry Masinter: > > > [Koen Holtman:] > >> Problem: The HTTP/1.x negotiation infrastructure (Accept headers, > >> User-Agent header, Vary) is not good enough. > > > >This problem description is not good enough. > > I happen to think it is good enough. Sure, it begs the questions `how > do we know this is a problem' and `what can we do to solve it', but > these are derived questions, they are not the core problem. And I'm > perfectly willing to repeat the answers to these questions. I *really* don't want to butt in here, but, ... A good requirements document states the problem and a set of tests that would verify that the problem has been solved. I think Ted Hardie made a start on those two items, whereas I don't think Koen's statement does either. And I am guessing that that was Larry's objection, too. Dave Kristol
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