Re: New feature negotiation syntax
Dave Kristol (dmk@bell-labs.com)
Thu, 05 Jun 1997 09:26:45 -0400
Koen Holtman wrote:
>
> Larry Masinter:
> >
> [Koen Holtman:]
> >> Problem: The HTTP/1.x negotiation infrastructure (Accept headers,
> >> User-Agent header, Vary) is not good enough.
> >
> >This problem description is not good enough.
>
> I happen to think it is good enough. Sure, it begs the questions `how
> do we know this is a problem' and `what can we do to solve it', but
> these are derived questions, they are not the core problem. And I'm
> perfectly willing to repeat the answers to these questions.
I *really* don't want to butt in here, but, ...
A good requirements document states the problem and a set of tests that
would verify that the problem has been solved. I think Ted Hardie made
a start on those two items, whereas I don't think Koen's statement does
either. And I am guessing that that was Larry's objection, too.
Dave Kristol