- From: Cullen Jennings <fluffy@cisco.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:21:03 -0800
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- CC: Lisa Dusseault <lisa@osafoundation.org>, Wilfredo Sánchez Vega <wsanchez@apple.com>, Geoffrey M Clemm <geoffrey.clemm@us.ibm.com>, WebDav <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>
On 12/13/05 2:30 PM, "Julian Reschke" <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote: > Cullen Jennings wrote: >> I have still been looking for an answer on a question I asked long ago on >> this. If a client needs a strong ETag, and it gets a weak ETag, should the >> client poll the server until it gets a strong ETag? This seems to be the >> recommendation but no one seem to say "yes" or "no" to this? > > The answer is "no", unless the client happens to know that it talks to a > server that indeed upgrades the weak to a strong one later (which in > general will not be the case). > > Best regards, Julian Ok - thanks - that helps me think about this.
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