- From: Robert Siemer <Robert.Siemer-httpwg@backsla.sh>
- Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:33:28 +0100
- To: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Cc: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 10:53:22PM +1100, Mark Nottingham wrote: > > <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/93> > > Discussion in Vancouver centred around whether advice about error > handling in HTTP should be added; Roy Fielding offered to come up with > exact text for this, but the sense of the room was that we should > document why HTTP doesn't have a single approach to error handling > (such as when multiple values are present for a single-valued header), > because (as I remember the discussion): > > 1. There is no one "right" answer; different kinds of clients -- or > the same client in different situations -- may need to act differently > upon an error, for most kinds of errors (there may be exceptions), and > > 2. Specifying behaviour for handling every conceivable error isn't > possible, attempting to do so will seriously bloat the specification, > and will not significantly improve interoperability. I like that. - I think the most important task of the spec is to make clear the spirit that HTTP has, why things are the way they are. With that information a considerate implementor can make it's own deliberate choice. Robert
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