- From: Stefan Eissing <stefan.eissing@greenbytes.de>
- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 10:43:46 +0200
- To: "Clemm, Geoff" <gclemm@rational.com>
- Cc: "'Webdav WG'" <w3c-dist-auth@w3c.org>
Another possible "breakage" is use of the untagged if header for PUT on unmapped resources. At least our server uses then the untagged production to check the parent resource. //Stefan Am Sonntag, 13.10.02, um 19:36 Uhr (Europe/Berlin) schrieb Clemm, Geoff: > I am somewhat concerned about the effect of this change on > the semantics of existing clients. > > For example, do any clients today submit the etag of both the source > and the destination resource of a MOVE in an untagged If production? > If so, this change would remove the etag check on the Destination, > and thereby break the overwrite protection for that request. > > But if we won't be breaking existing clients, I fully support this > change, since it simplifies and clarifies the semantics of the > If header. > > Cheers, > Geoff > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lisa Dusseault [mailto:lisa@xythos.com] > > Also, I would clarify what the untagged if production refers to, and it > should probably refer only to the resource named in the Request-URI. >
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