Re: comments on draft-ietf-http-v11-spec-rev-03
Jim Gettys (jg@pa.dec.com)
Thu, 26 Mar 1998 10:39:58 -0800
>
> 14.26 If-None-Match
> I was disappointed that the pseudo-code didn't make it. OTOH,
> there are now disclaimers about mixing various conditional
> headers, which accomplishes the same thing.
>
> I would like to see stronger advice in 13.3.4 about what
> combinations of conditional headers a client can send reliably to a
> server (or which combinations it must not send).
>
I was/am opposed to having two independent specifications present in the
same document; it leads to questions about which is correct. I felt it
was better to clarify the text to remove the ambiguity.
I would not oppose publishing the pseudo-code as an informational RFC
document, with a disclaimer that the base specification rules.
- Jim