- From: Jim Ley <jim.ley@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:45:54 +0000
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:08:29 +0000 (UTC), Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote: > It would also make > any site using the feature non-conformant, which is pointless: how does using a deprecated feature make a site non-conformant? > > # The off value means that the UA must not remember that field's value. > > > > That should also be changed from "must not" to "should not" to allow for > > a user to override this decision. > > That's taken care of in the later paragraph that says the feature can be > disabled. No it's not the MUST NOT, says just that, that it must not, if it says something different elsewhere in the spec then the spec is inconsistent with itself, and it needs fixing. Either a conforming UA can be allowed to change the functionality (which in www-architecture it must be able to, the user should control his browser) in which case you cannot say that a UA MUST NOT remember the fields value, or it can't which is clearly not the position of anyone I've seen posting on this list. Changing this to SHOULD NOT is obviously the correct result. Jim.
Received on Monday, 21 March 2005 03:45:54 UTC