- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 16:33:54 +0200
- To: "'Webdav WG \(E-mail\)'" <w3c-dist-auth@w3c.org>
> From: w3c-dist-auth-request@w3.org > [mailto:w3c-dist-auth-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Roy T. Fielding > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 11:23 PM > To: Julian Reschke > Cc: Jason Crawford; 'Webdav WG (E-mail)' > Subject: Re: Issue: SOURCE_PROPERTY_UNDERSPECIFIED > > .. > > >> Okay. And what is the mechanism for the server to do the > "suggesting"? (I > >> assume it's a mechanism that distinguishs between redirects > that require > >> user confirmation and those that don't.) > > > > Good point. Roy, did you have any specific (existing) mechanism in mind? > > A redirection. There is no such thing as a redirected DELETE that doesn't > require user confirmation. However, if the client accesses a resource > using WebDAV and that resource does not allow DELETE and that resource > does have a source link, then isn't it reasonable for the client to ask > the user if they would really like to delete the source resource instead? > Client implementations can figure that one out for themselves. Granted, but this would only work well if there's only one source resource, right?
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