- From: Subbu Allamaraju <subbu.allamaraju@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 13:47:14 -0800
- To: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
- Cc: Henrik Nordstrom <henrik@henriknordstrom.net>, Andrew Daviel <advax@triumf.ca>, ietf-http-wg@w3.org
On Dec 8, 2007, at 1:39 PM, Jamie Lokier wrote: > Subbu Allamaraju wrote: >> >> I have a question. Is the server required to supply a Vary header >> when >> it did not actually vary the current response? >> >> In the example below, in the absence of a header line >> Accept-Geo-Position in the request, the server may be returning a >> generic response. In this case, I would assume that the server will >> not set the Vary header. I am unable to find any reference to >> this in >> 2616. Hence the question. > > You said the server returns a generic reponse, and it does not vary > the response. > > Well, does the server supply a different response when there is an > Accept-Geo-Position in the request? > > If it does, that _is_ varying the response, and you've contradicted > yourself, and it should use the Vary header. I see. The "generic" itself is a varied form. Subbu
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