Conflating "see elsewhere" with "too large", Re: draft of 209 proposal

On 2014-02-24 15:37, Eric Prud'hommeaux wrote:
> * David Booth <david@dbooth.org> [2014-02-24 09:26-0500]
>> On 02/24/2014 07:40 AM, Eric Prud'hommeaux wrote:
>>> = 209 Draft =
>>> I have drafted a 209 proposal for Philippe to bring to IEFT London.
>>>    <http://localhost/2014/02/2xx/draft-prudhommeaux-http-status-209>
>>
>> You meant this URI, right?
>> http://www.w3.org/2014/02/2xx/draft-prudhommeaux-http-status-209
>
> yep, i do that a lot.
> thanks and apologies.
> ...

Among other concerns, I'm worried that this proposal tries to address 
two very different uses cases under the same status code.

If a client receives this new status code, how is it supposed to make 
any use of it unless it knows which of the mentioned conditions apply?

Best regards, Julian

Received on Monday, 17 March 2014 10:12:09 UTC