Re: #537: Remove segments (consensus call)

It is OK for me if an "explicit acknowledgement" (including proxies) mechanism
for extensions is specified in the HTTP/2 spec. Otherwise, not.
IIUC such mechanism is not specified, right? Is there any discussion?

Thanks,



On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> wrote:

> <https://github.com/http2/http2-spec/issues/537>
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> On 1 Jul 2014, at 4:40 am, Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > On 30 June 2014 11:23, David Krauss <potswa@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> That's an argument for the new application negotiation token.
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> >> Such a proxy should only be put in a place where no negotiation is
> necessary. Bailing out at any END_SEGMENT would be acceptable then.
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> > There's an obvious counterargument to that one...
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> > That's fine, but if you want to operate sans-standard, then you can
> > add your own END_SEGMENT.
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> > I really don't care either way here.  I'm just enumerating the
> > options, and noting that what is currently specified isn't
> > particularly well-supported.  Our responsibility is to either more
> > clearly define it, or remove it.
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> Agreed.
>
> It sounds like we're leaning towards removing it - can people live with
> that?
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> Mark Nottingham   https://www.mnot.net/
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