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From: William A Rowe Jr <wrowe@rowe-clan.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 19:03:59 -0500
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Subject: Re: HTTP/1.1 strict ruleset
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On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 6:51 PM, Eric Covener <covener@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> > 2. leave the default as 'not-strict'? Seems we should most
> >    strongly recommend that the server observe RFC's 2068,
> >    2616 and 723x, and not tolerate ancient behavior by default
> >    unless the admin insists on being foolish.
>
> I am with you on default-to-strict in 2.4 and up.  I'm hesitant about 2.2.
>

Since the project consensus is to support 2.2 through up to next
summer, and these issues pose interop concerns, I don't think that
we can separate 2.2 from 2.4 discussions at this level.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On W=
ed, Aug 3, 2016 at 6:51 PM, Eric Covener <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"m=
ailto:covener@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">covener@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span>=
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&gt; 2. leave the default as &#39;not-strict&#39;? Seems we should most<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 strongly recommend that the server observe RFC&#39;s 2068=
,<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 2616 and 723x, and not tolerate ancient behavior by defau=
lt<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 unless the admin insists on being foolish.<br>
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tant about 2.2.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Since the project conse=
nsus is to support 2.2 through up to next</div><div>summer, and these issue=
s pose interop concerns, I don&#39;t think that</div><div>we can separate 2=
.2 from 2.4 discussions at this level.</div><div><br></div><div>=C2=A0</div=
></div><br></div></div>

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