Re: [hybi] requirement: backwards compatible?. was : WebSocket feedback
"Anne van Kesteren" <annevk@opera.com> Wed, 10 March 2010 09:42 UTC
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Subject: Re: [hybi] requirement: backwards compatible?. was : WebSocket feedback
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On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:04:23 +0100, Greg Wilkins <gregw@webtide.com> wrote: > Is there some plan to transition from the browsers that support > the current draft to the browsers that support the document that > is produced as a result of this process? > > Is it a requirement that we consider backwards compatibility to > the solutions already being shipped? > > Obviously there will have to be some breakage, but currently > without any version information that could be hard to handle. > Even if we use Sec headers to infer versions, we need to define > behaviour for miss-matched versions. I don't see why that should be a requirement. With only one implementation shipping so far it is not more than an experimental feature. If we had two implementations shipping for well over a year things would be different... -- Anne van Kesteren http://annevankesteren.nl/
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