- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:55:06 +1100
- To: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Now <http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/350>. On 16/03/2012, at 7:53 PM, Mark Nottingham wrote: > Is p4 optional or not (for servers, clients, etc.)? I think it is, and so it should be explicitly marked as such. > > E.g., > > * 2.2.1 Generation - "Origin servers SHOULD send Last-Modified..." -- is this really a SHOULD, or should we just encourage them to? If p4 is optional, I don't think we can impose this as a SHOULD. > > * 2.3.1 Generation - "Origin servers SHOULD send ETag..." -- is this really a SHOULD, or should we just encourage them to? If p4 is optional, I don't think we can impose this as a SHOULD. > > * 2.4 Rules... - there are many requirements for servers and clients here; I think they need to be downgraded if p4 is indeed optional. > > -- > Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/ > > > > -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
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