Re: referrer spec and backwards compatibility

I don't think that's necessary; we explain the intended effect at the top
of the section. Explaining that we used to do something else but now we
don't do that thing we used to do anymore doesn't seem like it helps a
reader.

-mike

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On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 6:18 PM, Devdatta Akhawe <dev.akhawe@gmail.com>
wrote:

> This is great! thanks!
>
> I wonder if it might make sense to add a "Note" there to tell why this
> change was made?
>
> On 10 February 2015 at 00:57, Mike West <mkwst@google.com> wrote:
> > Poked at this in
> >
> https://github.com/w3c/webappsec/commit/45b449e610e5c8b6d893067d6be15bcccf384b5d
> .
> > WDYT of the new
> >
> https://w3c.github.io/webappsec/specs/referrer-policy/#set-referrer-policy
> ?
> >
> > -mike
> >
> > --
> > Mike West <mkwst@google.com>, @mikewest
> >
> > Google Germany GmbH, Dienerstrasse 12, 80331 München, Germany,
> > Registergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891, Sitz der Gesellschaft:
> > Hamburg, Geschäftsführer: Graham Law, Christine Elizabeth Flores
> > (Sorry; I'm legally required to add this exciting detail to emails.
> Bleh.)
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 5:53 PM, Devdatta Akhawe <dev.akhawe@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> I agree; we should change both.
> >>
> >> cheers
> >> Dev
> >
> >
>

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