Re: Moving forward with HTTP/2.0: proposed charter

On Aug 4, 2012 5:27 PM, "Mike Belshe" <mike@belshe.com> wrote:
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>> Work will begin using draft-mbelshe-httpbis-spdy-00 as a starting point;
proposals are to be expressed in terms of changes to that document. Note
that consensus is required both for changes to the document and anything
that remains in the document.
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>> $Because something is in the initial document does not imply that there
is consensus around the feature or how it is specified.$
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> I think this was already covered by "consensus is required both for
changes to the document and anything that remains in the document".
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>> $The outcome of this WG is HTTP/2.0, not SPDY. It is important that
there is no confusion about the relationship between HTTP/2.0 and SPDY as
we do not want to have dueling specifications in this area.$
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> There are no dueling specifications.  This working group is working on
HTTP/2.0.  We can say it again, but it probably doesn't decrease the
paranoia ;-)
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The paranoia is well justified I think given how other notable specs have
developed recently. I think it would be great to know if the existing SPDY
folks are intending to continue parallel development on SPDY or go all in
working on http 2.0.

- James

Received on Sunday, 5 August 2012 00:41:41 UTC