Re: HTTP 1.1 issue 20: 13.1.2 Warnings
Jim Gettys (jg@pa.dec.com)
Wed, 11 Nov 1998 14:35:42 -0800
> From: Jeffrey Mogul <mogul>
> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 98 14:30:39 PST
> To: jg@pa.dec.com (Jim Gettys)
> Cc: http-wg@hplb.hpl.hp.com
> Subject: Re: HTTP 1.1 issue 20: 13.1.2 Warnings
> -----
> Jim suggests:
>
> [replace] the 14.46 text with:
>
> The caching behavior of warnings is discussed in section 13.1.2.
>
> I think it might be better to say something like
>
> Requirements for the behavior of caches with respect to
> Warnings are stated in section 13.1.2.
>
> I think it's probably worth making it clear to implementors
> that 13.1.2 contains *requirements*, not just *discussion*.
>
> This is the original reason why similar requirements were
> stated in both places. It's hard to understand the discussion
> without a statement of the requirements (so I'm glad that you
> kept these in 13.1.2), but it's also somewhat confusing
> to have the requirements w.r.t. the Warning header field
> spread over several non-adjacent sections. However, if
> an explicit cross-reference to *requirements* is made,
> I'm satisfied.
>
You are right; I'll make the cross reference as you suggest.
- Jim