Re: p1: transfer coding registry

Amos Jeffries <squid3@treenet.co.nz> Sat, 20 April 2013 09:14 UTC

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On 20/04/2013 4:08 p.m., Mark Nottingham wrote:
> p1 section 7.5 defines the transfer (and content) coding registry.
>
> Earlier in the spec, we talk about x-gzip and x-deflate being synonyms for gzip and deflate, respectively.
>
> Should we register them as well, then? Note that RFC6648 allows registration of X- parameters.

Can we register and deprecate?

Amos