Received: by taz.hyperreal.com (8.6.12/8.6.5) id DAA11464; Fri, 19 Jul 1996 03:12:17 -0700 Received: from paris.ics.uci.edu by taz.hyperreal.com (8.6.12/8.6.5) with SMTP id DAA11457; Fri, 19 Jul 1996 03:12:15 -0700 Received: from liege.ics.uci.edu by paris.ics.uci.edu id aa08368; 19 Jul 96 3:09 PDT To: new-httpd@hyperreal.com Subject: Re: Content-type "image/gif;qs=0.5" breaks browsers. In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 19 Jul 1996 09:28:45 BST." Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 03:09:10 -0700 From: "Roy T. Fielding" Message-ID: <9607190309.aa08368@paris.ics.uci.edu> Sender: owner-new-httpd@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@hyperreal.com >> Will sending a Content-type of "image/gif;qs=0.5" break older browsers? >> >> HTTP/1.1 draft says "implementations should only use media type parameters >> when they are required by that type/subtype definition. " > > Heres a patch that strips all mime type paramaters unless someone _really_ > wants to send them. I can't think of any situations that need the > subtype definition so I'll submit this on Monday if I see no objections. -1. Do not submit it. .....Roy