- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:23:35 +0200
- To: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
- CC: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
James M Snell wrote: > Julian: for the PATCH doc, how's this: > > If a PATCH request contains any entity-headers the server does not > understand, the server MUST return a 501 (Not Implemented) response. A Hm. That makes PATCH "must-understand", contrary to most other HTTP verbs. Why do we care? > server that understands a particular entity-header can choose to ignore > it; however, doing so can produce results that are unexpected or > unintended by the client. All entity-headers contained in the request > apply only to the contained patch document and MUST NOT be applied to > the resource being modified. The last sentence sounds good, but I think everything else isn't needed. Is there a particular header you have in mind that -- when ignored by the server -- would cause trouble? Best regards, Julian
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