- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 18:43:43 +1100
- To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
- Cc: "ietf-http-wg@w3.org Group" <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
> On 26 Mar 2021, at 6:02 pm, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: > > -------- > Mark Nottingham writes: > >> Did the mega-thread tire people out on this topic? > > I still think it is a fundamentally bad idea to try to solve the > header/trailer consistency problem using the salami-method. > > I prefer a simple clear-cut rule which leaved only a single > authoritative instance of any given field. > > For instance: > > If a field is present in the header it SHALL be ignored in the trailer. That's a fundamentally different approach to trailers, and would require a much bigger effort to gain consensus (because it limits *all* trailers). You're concerned about 'salami tactics', I'm concerned about boiling the ocean on a topic where we have limited resources. Cheers, -- Mark Nottingham https://www.mnot.net/
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