RE: Conformance Test for HTTP 1.1 from Scott Lawrence on 2000-10-10 (ietf-http-wg@w3.org from October to December 2000)

From: Scott Lawrence <lawrence@agranat.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 11:02:37 -0400
To: Caveman <hoffmankeith@hotmail.com>
Cc: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
Message-ID: <008f01c032cb$21006dc0$954768c0@oyster.agranat.com>

> Once we start doing any kind of compliancy checking we face 
> the proverbial
> "slippery slope".  What comes next?  Seperate tests for 
> things that MAY be
> done according to the specs?  Things that SHOULD be?

I don't understand the problem you seem to see.  

Slippery slope to what?  Interoperability?

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Scott Lawrence         Architect             <lawrence@agranat.com>
Virata             http://www.virata.com/         http://emweb.com/

Received on Tuesday, 10 October 2000 08:08:45 UTC