Re: weak etags vs PATCH, was: Fwd: New Version Notification - draft-dusseault-http-patch-15.txt

So, are any changes in the draft necessary, in your collective opinion?


On 20/10/2009, at 2:33 PM, Brian Smith wrote:

> Roy T. Fielding wrote:
>> On Oct 19, 2009, at 6:38 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
>> There is nothing stopping the patch format from including a
>> strong version indicator, content hash, or even a context-based
>> collaborative merging mechanism in the format itself.  The notion
>> that PATCH must use conditionals is absurd given that the original
>> idea came from the patch command that intentionally supports
>> non-overlapping edits in any sequence.
>
> Yes, of course. I overlooked the obvious there.
> Regards,
> Brian
>


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