- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 12:39:42 +1100
- To: John Scudder <jgs@juniper.net>
- Cc: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu>, "httpbis-chairs@ietf.org" <httpbis-chairs@ietf.org>, "draft-ietf-httpbis-targeted-cache-control@ietf.org" <draft-ietf-httpbis-targeted-cache-control@ietf.org>, The IESG <iesg@ietf.org>, "tpauly@apple.com" <tpauly@apple.com>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
See: https://github.com/httpwg/http-extensions/commit/ca5ac7ff72b8b8a0 Thanks! > On 21 Jan 2022, at 9:26 am, John Scudder <jgs@juniper.net> wrote: > >> On Jan 17, 2022, at 11:01 PM, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> wrote: >> >>> Section 5 >>> >>> The ability to carry multiple caching policies on a response can >>> result in confusion about how a response will be cached in different >>> systems, if not used carefully. [...] >>> >>> The "if not used carefully" is probably not how I would have phrased it. >>> It's possible to try to use it carefully and still (Murphy's Law) have >>> things go awry, after all. I don't have any suggestions other than just >>> removing the clause, though, which I recognize is a pretty heavy hammer >>> -- some additional clarification here is worthwhile, if we can wordsmith >>> it. >> >> I'm at a loss as to how, except perhaps for expanding "this" into an example in the following sentence. Do you have any suggestions? > > IME such conundrums often yield to breaking the sentence up, as in “The ability to carry multiple caching policies on a response can result in confusion about how a response will be cached in different systems. For this reason, care must be exercised.” > > $0.02, > > —John -- Mark Nottingham https://www.mnot.net/
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