- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 06:46:20 +1100
- To: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Now <http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/343>. On 07/02/2012, at 12:03 PM, Mark Nottingham wrote: > Right now, this is all we say about chunk-extensions (beyond the BNF, etc.): > >> All HTTP/1.1 applications MUST be able to receive and decode the >> "chunked" transfer-coding and MUST ignore chunk-ext extensions they >> do not understand. > > Since this is an extensibility point, we should give guidance on how it should be used. > > I can't really see establishing a chunk-extension registry; they don't have any semantic, and AFAIK haven't really been used in anger. > > What do people think about adding advice along these lines: > > """ > Use of chunk-extensions by senders is deprecated; they SHOULD NOT be sent and definition of new chunk-extensions is discouraged. > """ > > ? > > -- > Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/ > > > > -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
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