Re: [draft-nottingham-http-link-header-06] rev

On Aug 24, 2009, at 5:42 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:43:26 +0200, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote:
>> On Mon, 24 Aug 2009, Mark Nottingham wrote:
>>> I.e., define the semantics of rev in case it's received, but  
>>> prohibit
>>> sending it?
>>
>> Right, exactly.
>
> This works for me too, though I hope it does not mean browsers  
> suddenly have to start supporting something browsers never really  
> properly implemented in the first place. (I think "rev" fails the  
> rough consensus and running code mantra, but I might be missing  
> something here.)

rev="Made" was, at one point, supported by browsers (esp. Lynx).
I don't know if Lou carried that forward into Netscape et al.

I don't have a problem with its deprecation.

....Roy

Received on Monday, 24 August 2009 20:19:42 UTC