Re: CORS Last Call status/plans? [Was: Re: [UMP] Request for Last Call]

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Tyler Close <tyler.close@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc> wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Apr 19, 2010, at 10:06 AM, Tyler Close wrote:
>>>
>>>>     Uniform-Headers = "Uniform-Headers" ":" ( "*" | #field-name )
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>> Are Apple and/or Firefox interested in implementing the above? Does
>>>> mnot or other HTTP WG members consider the above a satisfactory
>>>> solution to ISSUE-90?
>>>
>>> I'm interested in implementing a feature along these lines if it goes into
>>> CORS. If it's UMP-only, then no, and I would object that it violates the
>>> subset relation.
>>>
>>> I am also not sure the * value is a good idea. It is tempting in its
>>> convenience but seems likely to cause unintended consequences.
>>
>> I agree with everything Maciej said.
>>
>> This time.
>
> Thanks for the quick response time.
>
> If this is a good feature, shouldn't the pressure be on CORS to adopt
> it, rather than for UMP to drop it? Otherwise, it might seem politics
> are overriding technical virtue.

I didn't mean to exert any pressure on UMP to drop it. Sorry if you
read otherwise into what I said.

/ Jonas

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