Re: #535: No 1xx Status Codes

On 2 Jul 2014, at 3:58 pm, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote:

>> The feeling in the room in Seattle AIUI was that non-final status codes are a signalling mechanism that is no longer necessary in HTTP/2, since the framing layer can do a better job at these tasks. As such, we do not plan to accommodate non-final status codes (1xx) in HTTP/2.0, but instead will give advice about how they can be handled by intermediaries doing transitions between 1.x and 2.x (with one example above).
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> That advice isn't there. What can an intermediary do with a new 1xx status code other than dropping it?

That was referring to the specific cases that are in use, not the class.

Can you compose a pull request outlining what you'd like to see, so we can get a sense of how intrusive it would be, and how likely it is that it'd be supported?

Cheers,

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Received on Wednesday, 2 July 2014 06:02:46 UTC