[Bug 7744] Is sniffing required?

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7744


Ian 'Hixie' Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|REOPENED                    |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WORKSFORME




--- Comment #26 from Ian 'Hixie' Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>  2010-02-17 21:43:59 ---
> The request is to clarify that whenever MIMESNIFF is referred to, UAs may
> choose not to sniff, and instead accept the given Content-Type information as
> authoritative.

If there are any cases where this is not already the case, please highlight
them. As far as I can tell, the spec already unambiguously allows this is all
relevant cases.

I have to say, though, that personally I think this is a huge mistake. We're
putting spec purity ahead of reliable interoperability here. If it was up to
me, we'd go in the other direction entirely and make the algorithm
unambiguously required in all cases, with no optional bits.

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Status: Accepted
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: The spec seems to match the request. Please reopen if there are
specific parts of the spec that you would like changed.

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