- From: Cory Benfield <cory@lukasa.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 08:59:15 +0000
- To: Alexey Melnikov <alexey.melnikov@isode.com>
- Cc: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 at 18:49, Alexey Melnikov <alexey.melnikov@isode.com> wrote: > > Hi Cory, > > On 17/02/2021 18:23, 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. > > Just a small question about removing registration of the HTTP2-Settings header field: would it be better to mark it obsolete in the IANA registry instead? Sure would, I've updated the patch to do just that. > > Best Regards, > > Alexey
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