Re: p1: BWS

Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> Fri, 19 April 2013 05:41 UTC

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From: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
To: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
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On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 08:27:21AM +1000, Mark Nottingham wrote:
> We can either:
> 
> - make it a MUST
> - document what the exceptional circumstances are that cause the SHOULD (but I don't think it's that kind of SHOULD)
> - downgrade it to an "ought to"
> 
> I do note that we say "generate" there (which I missed before, sorry); in our
> terminology, that means you DON'T need to fix it up when forwarding it; it's
> only when you're actually creating the element that this applies.

Ah OK then I agree with a MUST as well.

+1 then :-)

Willy