- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 14:09:49 -0700
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: Jan Algermissen <jan.algermissen@nordsc.com>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On Sep 7, 2011, at 1:24 PM, Julian Reschke wrote: > 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? "Expect" is not part of my original design. It is in the archives, somewhere. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ietf-http-wg-old/1997MayAug/0263.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ietf-http-wg-old/1997MayAug/0296.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ietf-http-wg-old/1997MayAug/0316.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ietf-http-wg-old/1998MayAug/0165.html IIRC, we had a discussion in the editorial group wherein I pointed out that the MUST respond to 417 on extensions was a fatal flaw -- we might as well have made it non-extensible. ....Roy
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