Re: #428 Accept-Language ordering for identical qvalues

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Fri, 25 January 2013 06:15 UTC

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On 2013-01-25 00:37, Mark Nottingham wrote:
> Removing the text does seem like the most expedient path forward.
>
> That said, I don't find it particularly satisfying; our job is to improve interop, and when there are latent semantics that aren't documented, we have to consider whether we're doing it well.
>
> I propose:
>
> """
> Note that some recipients treat language tags that have the same quality values (including when they are both missing) to be listed in descending order of priority. However, this behaviour cannot be relied upon, and if their relative priority is important, it ought to be communicated by using different quality values.
> """
>
> ... because I think it best captures where we're at.
>
> Roy and Julian? And, especially, anyone else?

That works for me.

Best regards, Julian