RE: New Requirements Draft

On Wed, 27 Aug 1997, Yaron Goland wrote:

> I don't see how we avoid that particular solution if we are going to use
> the HTTP protocol. With versioning we had a clean slate, the http
> protocol has nothing to say on the topic. The only mention was the
> content-version header and that has been removed from the spec. The same
> can not be said for variants where HTTP has some very specific things to
> say on the subject. We are very constrained in this area and we must
> address how those constraints effect DAV.

We are indeed somewhat constrained. But as you say, we must
*address* how those constraints effect DAV. Throwing any mention
of it out of the requirements draft is an easy-way-out non-
solution.

Regards,	Martin.

Received on Thursday, 28 August 1997 06:57:45 UTC