Re: Alternatives for using ETags

On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Raúl García Castro <rgarcia@fi.upm.es>wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> [[
> LDP 1.0. 4.4.2 [...] LDPR servers MUST respond with status code 412
> (Condition Failed) if ETags fail to match if there are no other errors with
> the request.
> ]]
>
> There are other alternatives for using ETags apart from using the If-Match
> header, i.e., If-None-Match header. The specification should be clear about
> this, either disallowing its usage, advising against its usage or allowing
> its usage.
>
> Proposal:
>
> Rewrite clause 4.4.2 covering the other potential cases (If-None-Match and
> If-Range) and saying whether the alternatives should/should not be used.
>
>
Seems reasonable to me.  Though the text says SHOULD use If-Match and
doesn't prohibit others.  So if we decide to NOT to make a change, I think
we are fine too.

- Steve


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>
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>
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- Steve