Re: [hybi] workability (or otherwise) of HTTP upgrade

[Zhong Yu <[e-mail]>]

On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Pat McManus @Mozilla
<[e-mail]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-12-09 at 14:30 +1100, Mark Nottingham wrote:
> That being said, I've always preferred that WebSockets not be HTTP/80
> based at all - but the group had really reached consensus on that topic

As a later comer to the mailing list, I don't get that impression.
Many people have said that they can accept an HTTP-less design.
"Consensus" can't describe the general mood. Maybe the advocates of
HTTP-ful design have won the case and don't bother to waste their
breath anymore.

> and I believe in working forward within that consensus. I think the
> minutes say the "focus will be on leveraging HTTP infrastructure" while
> noting that it doesn't actually preclude the group from looking at other
> alternatives - but I read the clear sense of the group as wanting to
> base WebSockets on the one-true-port.
>
> I am in favor of revisiting the non HTTP approach, but I don't think
> there will be agreement on it. And lacking agreement, I think CONNECT is
> workable and a way forward to make some progress.
>
> -Patrick
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