- From: <rlgray@raleigh.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 15:59:09 EST
- To: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
** Reply to note from koen@win.tue.nl (Koen Holtman) Thu, 10 Jul 1997 21:45:24 +0200 (MET DST) > [...] > > Urgl. I get the feeling that 100 is taking far too much of our scarce > time, given that it is in no way central to basic HTTP operation. I > also have the feeling that is taking so much time because it had loads > of *unnecessary complexity* from the start. > > I think we are trying to untangle a knot which should be cut instead. > > I move that we either simplify the thing, or remove it from the spec > entirely. We already know that 100 processing is a pain to implement > in servers and clients, and I think it is time to question whether we > cannot achieve the same goals in a much simpler way. > I agree. The KISS principle applies. [...] > > To meet (1) above, we could define a new method by which the client > can ask the server if an X request with the following headers would be > allowed. Such a request could look like: > > ASK-IF-ALLOWED /a/page HTTP/1.1 > Is-method-allowed: PUT > Authorization: ...... > etc. > > > I don't think things need to be more complicated than that. Why not OPTIONS? > > Koen. > > Richard L. Gray chocolate - the One True food group
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