- From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
- Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 10:01:14 +0000
- To: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- cc: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
In message <E18FC49C-0865-4534-8A14-C30BA8D40295@mnot.net>, Mark Nottingham wri tes: >> I would like to see the text say that if there is a "Cache-Control:" >> header "Pragma:" MUST be ignored, to resolve the possible conflicts >> between them. > >We already have: > >> A cache SHOULD treat "Pragma: no-cache" as if the client had sent >> "Cache-Control: no-cache". > > >so that makes them equivalent. That is probably a bit more than I would read into it. But that does not in any way resolve what to do if you have both and they are in conflict. I think it is a good idea to state clearly that Cache-Control takes precedence if both are present. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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