- From: Jim Gettys <jg@pa.dec.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:23:46 -0700
- To: Henrik Frystyk Nielsen <frystyk@w3.org>
- Cc: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com, dmk@research.bell-labs.com, paulle@microsoft.com
a) I'm nervous about adding anything like this at this date. I'd be happier with a separate RFC describing what should happen... This should have been dealt with months ago. b) 4) seems a gross hack to me, adding another HEAD class special case to the protocol. c) I suggest (described in a separate ID) a new header that conveys the ETAG. This solves the race condition. To get any additional metadata that might have changed, you'd perform a HEAD right after the PUT. d) you should go see if the WEBDAV folks have worried about this case; they are sloppy enough they may have missed it, but then again, they may have found it and have another fix for it... One person's opinion..., - Jim
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