- From: Koen Holtman <koen@win.tue.nl>
- Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 20:37:08 +0200 (MET DST)
- To: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
- Cc: lawrence@agranat.com, http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Larry Masinter: > >> I strongly agree with the 307 proposal cited above. It is most >> unfair to those who have made the effort to read and understand the >> specifications to change them now by swapping the codes, even if >> there is time for them to recover (which we cannot know in any >> case). > >I don't think it is a good policy to make technical decisions on the >grounds of whether or not the decision is 'unfair' to one or another >group of implementors. I strongly disagree. Being fair to early implementers is a very valid consideration. Without early implementers, the IETF cannot develop standards, so we had better maintain good relations with them. >[...] while the case for "swap 302/303" has been stronger. I do not consider the `less cruft' case for swapping 302/303 to be very strong. All in all, having heard the feedback from early implementers, I am now in favour of going for the 307 solution. Koen.
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