Re: Summary of ETag related issues in RFC2518bis

On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Lisa Dusseault wrote:

> In this case, multiple PUT without intermediate GET is OK to do -- the server 
> is prepared to make the same changes on each PUT and doesn't really need the 
> client to re-synchronize their changes.  There are other cases like some 
> CalDAV cases where the server adds an internal event identifier or alternate 
> address to the event.  I'd also bet that there are clients that already do 
> multiple PUT requests without intermediate GETs especially if the client 
> holds a lock.  But if in some cases the server needs the client to do a GET 
> between two subsequent PUTs because the changes are important to preserve, 
> how can the server accomplish that?

How about reusing 205 (Reset Content) when the server knows a subsequent 
PUT would be harmful?

-- 
Yves Lafon - W3C
"Baroula que barouleras, au tiéu toujou t'entourneras."

Received on Wednesday, 21 December 2005 10:09:40 UTC