- From: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
- Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:36:44 +0100
- To: Cory Benfield <cory@lukasa.co.uk>
- Cc: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 06:23:52PM +0000, Cory Benfield wrote: > In the most recent interim we discussed removing the HTTP/2 plaintext > upgrade mechanism as part of h2bis. This would be a divergence from > the original specification, but HTTP/2 plaintext upgrade was never > deployed by a meaningful number of client implementations. > Prior-knowledge is substantially more common, and server implementers > have noted that they can just as easily detect the prior-knowledge > upgrade path as they can perform the HTTP/2 plaintext upgrade. > > To that end I've proposed draft text that would remove the mechanism > at https://github.com/httpwg/http2-spec/pull/820. I'd like to confirm > that the working group has come to consensus on this issue, and to get > any feedback on the specific change. Looks good to me. Thanks for taking care of this, Cory! Willy
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