Re: #306: does etag value really use quoted-string

On 2011-10-24 20:13, Julian Reschke wrote:
> ...

Trying to summarize where we are:

1) Yves did dome tests on servers: 
<http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ietf-http-wg/2011JulSep/0266.html> 
-> the servers being tested didn't seem to unescape

2) Amos Jeffries reports that recent Squids actually *do* handle them as 
quoted-strings: 
<http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ietf-http-wg/2011JulSep/0470.html>

3) I tested various browsers, and they do not unescape: 
<http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ietf-http-wg/2011OctDec/0087.html>

So what do we do?

Claiming that etags use quoted-strings when almost nobody does seems to 
be a bad thing. For instance, apparently it has caused the Squid 
developers to make a change that in the best case is harmless, and in 
the worst case will break things.

Best regards, Julian