- From: Dave Kristol <dmk@bell-labs.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 16:57:57 -0400
- To: Josh Cohen <josh@netscape.com>
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Josh Cohen wrote: > Koen Holtman wrote: > > > > >The current status hasn't changed in the past two years, so by any > > >reasonable definition those scripts (and the browser) have been broken > > >for a long, long time. > > > > CGI script maintenance is a pain, even if these scripts are provably > > broken in some sense. I see no reason why 1.1 should inflict CGI > > maintenance costs which could be avoided by some spec maintenance. > > > > Koen. > > Well, what about when foo.cgi is running on a 1.1 server, and > doesnt give a content-length. > Is the 1.1 server responsible to detect and chunk that ? An HTTP/1.1 server can either - send Connection: close, return the content without chunking, and close the connection; or - chunk the content Dave Kristol
Received on Tuesday, 29 July 1997 13:59:22 UTC