[core] Nice

Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> Fri, 16 August 2013 17:39 UTC

Return-Path: <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
X-Original-To: core@ietfa.amsl.com
Delivered-To: core@ietfa.amsl.com
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D92D11E8165 for <core@ietfa.amsl.com>; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:39:41 -0700 (PDT)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: -2.5
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.100, BAYES_00=-2.599, NO_RELAYS=-0.001]
Received: from mail.ietf.org ([12.22.58.30]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id vfuJLMUfU8wr for <core@ietfa.amsl.com>; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:39:40 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from mail-we0-x235.google.com (mail-we0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::235]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9361311E8163 for <core@ietf.org>; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:39:40 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by mail-we0-f181.google.com with SMTP id q57so1139814wes.12 for <core@ietf.org>; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:39:39 -0700 (PDT)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=ktRLUhgxj/+eNxU5xy5S2v7sa9I5Jv8SHnjwMuG2dps=; b=x57SZy3Powk9+5bDVyx9OcRPOl4o6vDp4woim+9cls8SwhtKmaluHMUIUuRPgWO4D2 Cn8SVEt3BTG5D1UDkAZmA02Sw6oCtTQprbrnP5XQ2kEu/0X+GbQptZEb2WX1kmXWR9jy ETwkkOEz3bBbuhrkBqzFddFYvNNnJn/XKXJZDd0mcjdH3V6/4khUgEdbFJR1xUwR/whL IhLJylI3H8aRam9XAM3Xhbll0wJ7SukS6vDOHk0etTiabKOZHtWhzFReVLtEcW7e4MI5 7+2rybbXnWD6dQ5XjY9inJxDTIGzTrMNPunCJMKTqVgn/TLxA/J2Rv3/j87Q8FUBM0z9 7FOw==
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Received: by 10.194.78.78 with SMTP id z14mr1938160wjw.32.1376674779726; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:39:39 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.194.28.39 with HTTP; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:39:39 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:39:39 -0700
Message-ID: <CABkgnnVyfNdDyEgWPO0d66dtrjL_xwu3okGjNTkJ3uqHqh-SbA@mail.gmail.com>
From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
To: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 08:19:02 -0700
Subject: [core] Nice
X-BeenThere: core@ietf.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12
Precedence: list
List-Id: "Constrained RESTful Environments \(CoRE\) Working Group list" <core.ietf.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/options/core>, <mailto:core-request@ietf.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/core>
List-Post: <mailto:core@ietf.org>
List-Help: <mailto:core-request@ietf.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/core>, <mailto:core-request@ietf.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 17:39:41 -0000

On a different end of the spectrum that we're used to operating in for
HTTP/2.0, this is a small proposal for a header that advises
intermediaries about the relative (un)priority of requests.

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-thomson-http-nice-00

This is probably most useful for constrained servers (I've put core on BCC).

--Martin

p.s., The title isn't a value judgement, it's a nod to the unix
utility (thanks to Richard Barnes for pointing this out).