On 3 Aug 2009, at 21:13, Paul Davis wrote: > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Jan Lehnardt wrote: >> >> On 3 Aug 2009, at 20:19, Paul Davis wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Jan Lehnardt wrote: >>>> >>>> On 3 Aug 2009, at 19:37, Paul Davis wrote: >>>> >>>>> Either way, perhaps we should poll the community and see what the >>>>> general consensus would be for respecting an _id or _rev in the >>>>> POST >>>>> body? >>>> >>>> “Be strict in what you send, but generous in what you receive” — >>>> The >>>> Internets >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Jan >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Does that mean I should write a patch to respect _id/_rev members? >> >> Oh sorry, I didn't mean to assign any patches :) >> >> I remember stumbling over this at least twice in the (distant) >> past. I >> prefer the forced PUT, but then I'm also the one to argue intuitive >> APIs. >> Considering no downsides (usually Damien adds or leaves out >> features for a >> reason), I don't see anything wrong with Brian's proposal. >> >> Cheers >> Jan >> -- >> >> >> > > Its on the white board. I'll send a proposal to user@ and see what a > more general audience thinks. Per ASF rules, user@ has no voice here :) But feel free to invite them over to dev@ :) Cheers Jan --