I found the Jira for this.

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-161

Getting this for 0.12 (or 1.0) would be fantastic!!!

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Robert Newson <robert.newson@gmail.com> wrote:
> Randall,
>
> This scratches an itch of mine also. ping me sometime if you want to
> collab on a patch.
>
> B.
>
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Randall Leeds <randall.leeds@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 16:15, Paul Bonser <misterpib@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 4:28 AM, Adam Kocoloski <kocolosk@apache.org> wrote:
>>>> Hi Ryan, Range headers are not currently supported, but they will be.  I'm not sure about an ETA, though. Best,
>>>
>>> Is anyone in particular working on a Range headers patch, or is it
>>> just on the roadmap? I'd love to take a swing at it if nobody else is
>>> already working on it.
>>
>> I loudly declared I would do so and did some partial work on it a
>> little while back, but didn't get far. Swing away. I think I'm the
>> only one.
>>
>