- From: Stewart Brodie <stewart.brodie@antplc.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 10:35:52 +0100
- To: public-webapi@w3.org
- Cc: julian.reschke@gmx.de
Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote: > > Jonas Sicking wrote: > > ... > > If "*/*" is semantically the same as not sending the header at all, and > > the former works with more servers, I would prefer that we use the former. > > ... > > I would prefer not to silently change what the client requested. It's semantically equivalent - it does not change the request, in the same way that adding the Connection header does not change the request. It's not like we're requiring that the UA add something that changes the meaning (even though that's what some of the desktop browser vendors seem to be doing anyway!) > If a server can't cope with it (evidence, please!), fix it. Some older versions of Microsoft IIS are the servers that I've come across that fail to cope with it. It is unrealistic to expect these to be undeployed any time soon. The comment in my code does not specify version numbers - it simply indicates that a lack of an Accept header causes some versions of IIS to return a None Match error. On that basis, and because sending "Accept: */*" fixes the problem, I am assuming that the fault lies in the content negotation code. -- Stewart Brodie Software Engineer ANT Software Limited
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