Re: NEW ISSUE: Drop Content-Location [#154]

OK. As mentioned, C-L does other things besides set the base, so it  
seems like we just need to choose between the two proposals from Roy  
(or come up with another).

Now issue #154;
   http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/154


On 07/04/2009, at 12:52 PM, Ian Hickson wrote:

> On Tue, 7 Apr 2009, Mark Nottingham wrote:
>>
>> Anne and Ian, does this adequately encompass your issue? If other
>> aspects are important, it would be helpful if you provided a succinct
>> summary.
>
> IIRC, browsers have found it impossible to implement Content- 
> Location as
> setting the base URI for a document without breaking significant  
> content
> on the Web. So long as what HTTP defines is implementable in a  
> manner that
> is compatible with legacy content, the issue would be resolved, I  
> think.
> IMHO it is not critical whether this is done by making the header  
> have no
> effect, have some other effect, or removing the header altogether  
> (though
> the former seems pointless).
>
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