- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 12:54:18 +1000
- To: Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
- Cc: ☮ elf Pavlik ☮ <perpetual-tripper@wwelves.org>, public-webpayments <public-webpayments@w3.org>, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>, Blaine Cook <romeda@gmail.com>
On 12/05/2013, at 12:45 PM, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 10 May 2013 02:05, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> wrote: > Hi, > > From's semantics and syntax are well-defined, and they are in use. If you want to do this, I'd suggest defining a new header, or a new link relation (to use in Link); From isn't going to fly. > > Why? Because making backwards-incompatible changes to the syntax and semantics of the most widely deployed application protocol on the planet is bad for interoperability. Why are you so keen on redefining From? > > > Regards, > > > On 09/05/2013, at 7:18 PM, ☮ elf Pavlik ☮ <perpetual-tripper@wwelves.org> wrote: > > > Excerpts from Kingsley Idehen's message of 2013-05-08 20:29:19 +0000: > >> On 5/7/13 2:12 PM, Melvin Carvalho wrote: > >>> > >>> On 7 May 2013 19:01, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com > >>> <mailto:msporny@digitalbazaar.com>> wrote: > >>> > >>> On 05/07/2013 04:04 AM, Melvin Carvalho wrote: > >>>> Yeah, I'll ping Julian Reschke or Mark Nottingham about it to see if > >>>> we can update the HTTP header field easily. > >>>> > >>>> +1 > >>>> > >>>> There have been proponents of this for many years e.g. Toby, Nathan, > >>>> Kingsley, myself ... just need to get the spec tweaked to > >>>> distinguish between strings and URIs. > >>> > >>> Do one of you want to take the lead on this? :) > >>> > >>> > >>> Sure, I would be happy to. Kingsley already asked Mark Nottingham > >>> about this last month. Im unsure what the most productive next steps > >>> should be. > >> Mark, > >> > >> Another dimension to the same issue. > >> > >> We can loosen the HTTP spec requirements for "From:" without disrupting > >> existing products that assume the header value is an Email address. > >> > >> All: > >> > >> Do we have any data about how broad current use of "From:" actually is? > > +1 on allowing URI in "From:" request header :) > > > > I set it myself to email for about 2 years now using firefox extension: http://www.garethhunt.com/modifyheaders > > > > I also mentioned it in this email with link to work of Blaine Cook on *Privacy-over-Webfinger* > > https://groups.google.com/group/webfinger/browse_thread/thread/52599662c273a043 > > > > warning: mentioned thread got mixed with another thread so few messages went off topic first! > > -- > Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/ > > > > > -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
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