- From: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 09:27:45 -0700
- To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
- Cc: "ietf-http-wg@w3.org" <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Well... if I know that I'm sending a file that is already compressed, why should I be required to attempt running it through the compressor again? I get what you're saying, but requiring that content always be compressed is not always optimal. On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: > In message <CABP7Rbfb92Vxrmxj6fKdt+jpO_Qknq8FRjsu5GZW=17uoi4OFg@mail.gmail.com> > , James M Snell writes: >>https://github.com/http2/http2-spec/issues/100 >> >>Currently the spec includes a requirement that all user-agents MUST >>support gzip.. specifically: > >>If we're going to include this requirement, ... > > How about just nuking Accept-Encoding, and say that _all_ content is > gzip'ed, but that it is allowed to use the '-0' uncompressed mode ? > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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