Re: Call for Adoption: HTTP/2 Bis

• From: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
• Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 06:16:50 +0100
• To: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
• Cc: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>, Tommy Pauly <tpauly@apple.com>
• Message-ID: <20201203051650.GA28804@1wt.eu>

On Thu, Dec 03, 2020 at 11:36:19AM +1100, Mark Nottingham wrote:
> This effort will not create a new version of HTTP; its output will not have a
> distinct ALPN identifier. As such, new features and backwards-incompatible
> changes like updates to the HPACK static table are out of scope. For the same
> reason, deprecating or removing Server Push and the Priority scheme is out of
> scope, although implementation advice might contextualise their use. 

This also means it doesn't exclude what remains possible using SETTINGS,
which I think is the right approach for an already deployed protocol :-)

> Please indicate whether you support this approach to the work; the CfA will
> end in two weeks on 17 December.

I support adoption.

Thanks!
Willy

Received on Thursday, 3 December 2020 05:17:12 UTC