- From: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
- Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:11:48 +0100
- To: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Cc: patrick mcmanus <pmcmanus@mozilla.com>, ietf-http-wg@w3.org
Hi Roy, On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:45:50PM -0800, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > Please, if you have an opinion, state it once and be satisfied that it > has been heard and archived in the usual place. It does not need to be > repeated over and over again. > > If you have a better design solution, then propose it as a separate draft. > There's nothing I'd like better than a number of open proposals and a > bake-off to see which one is better (or which ones are better, if that > depends on context or traffic styles). > > For example, waka is a tokenized protocol for the exact reasons that you > describe, and it is specifically designed to speed intermediate processing. > Unfortunately, having no end of potential syntaxes to choose from means > I keep changing my mind as to which one to choose. So I have nothing > to show for it, aside from a ten year old presentation and a lot of > burned out neurons. I should have written a draft instead. Maybe that > will happen after HTTPbis is complete. Maybe I'll go sane instead. > > It takes a lot of time to put together a decent Internet Draft, but it > can clarify your thoughts and expose some incomplete considerations. > I encourage anyone who is interested in doing so to give it a try. > I can't guarantee that anyone will like your ideas, but it is more > effective than arguing design decisions without an alternative at hand. I get your point. I too have huge difficulties finding time to contribute a draft, though I'd love to participate to one. However discussing issues here helps rising various people's concerns that nobody would have thought of alone in front of his keyboard (eg: what Patrick and Mike said about repeated cookies). Mike has proposed a draft so in my opinion it makes sense to discuss it, as it's a solid basis for future work. At least we have something to talk about. Regards, Willy
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