- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:24:21 +0200
- To: Jan Algermissen <jan.algermissen@nordsc.com>
- CC: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On 2011-09-07 22:18, Jan Algermissen wrote: > .. >> No, that's unfortunately correct. Maybe we need to mention it. > > Sorry to keep bugging - do you know the rationale behind this? That predates my interest in HTTP. Roy? > Can't I have a mechanism that allows the client to ask specifically the origin server to only work on my request if it exhibits a certain behavior? And isn't that (also) the idea behind 'Expect'? I think lots of people do not want "must understand" extensibility. See also the various proposals for the "Prefer" header, which defaults the other way...
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