Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-new-httpd-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 78797 invoked by uid 500); 15 Nov 2000 15:43:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact new-httpd-help@apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Delivered-To: mailing list new-httpd@apache.org Received: (qmail 78767 invoked from network); 15 Nov 2000 15:43:08 -0000 Message-ID: <3A12A890.3E059C7F@raleigh.ibm.com> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 10:15:28 -0500 From: Greg Ames X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: new-httpd@apache.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: apache-2.0/src/main http_protocol.c References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Rating: locus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N rbb@covalent.net wrote: > > > Unfortunately, the Spec seems to say that a C-L on a HEAD response must be > the length of the actual data. This problem is solved if the handlers > stop trying to deal with HEAD requests, but that also slows us down when > we try to serve HEAD requests. > Aren't HEAD requests pretty rare in the Real World? If so, we don't have to worry too much about performance. If we can remove tests for HEAD from the handlers, sounds like it would simplify the code and speed up GETs a tiny bit too. Greg