- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 08:42:07 +0100
- To: "Clemm, Geoff" <gclemm@rational.com>, "'WebDAV'" <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>
Geoff, I think we should get back to this issue once we do agree whether or not the problem you mentioned really exists (see separate thread). Julian -- <green/>bytes GmbH -- http://www.greenbytes.de -- tel:+492512807760 > -----Original Message----- > From: w3c-dist-auth-request@w3.org > [mailto:w3c-dist-auth-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Clemm, Geoff > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 12:34 AM > To: 'WebDAV' > Subject: RE: Move and Delete (was: bind draft issues) > > > > I still vote for "SHOULD". In particular, given the problems > partial DELETE and partial MOVE can produce in a multiple binding > context, a server that supports multiple bindings to a resource > SHOULD do those operations atomically unless it > has a very good reason to do otherwise (e.g. the scenario I > posted earlier). > > Cheers, > Geoff > > -----Original Message----- > From: Julian Reschke [mailto:julian.reschke@gmx.de] > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 3:38 PM > To: Brian Korver; 'WebDAV' > Subject: RE: Move and Delete (was: bind draft issues) > > > > > From: w3c-dist-auth-request@w3.org > > [mailto:w3c-dist-auth-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Brian Korver > > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 9:15 PM > > To: 'WebDAV' > > Subject: Re: Move and Delete (was: bind draft issues) > > > > ... > > > > Geoff, > > > > My reading of the consensus was that the atomic behavior should > > be a "MAY", not a "SHOULD" as you suggest, but I don't have religion > > on the issue. > > I think Brian is right here. SHOULD is really strong in > RFC-speak, and if we > really expect servers to show this behaviour, ir probably needs to be > specified as "MAY". > > Julian > -- > <green/>bytes GmbH -- http://www.greenbytes.de -- tel:+492512807760 >
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