Re: [hybi] #1: HTTP Compliance

[Adam Barth <[e-mail]>]

Please read thread rooted at
<http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/hybi/current/msg02955.html>.
Just because someone declares consensus at face-to-face meeting does
not mean that the working group has, in fact, reached consensus.

Adam


On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 11:35 AM,  <[e-mail]> wrote:
> From the hybi IETF meeting minutes:
> http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/78/minutes/hybi.txt
>
> "WG Chair declared that there was consensus about HTTP compliance.  The Web socket protocol will be HTTP compliant until the Upgrade exchange is completed.  The focus is on leveraging existing HTTP based infrastructure."
>
> Consensus only has to be rough majority, not absolute.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Adam Barth
> Sent: 15 August 2010 19:13
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> Subject: Re: [hybi] #1: HTTP Compliance
>
> On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 5:27 AM, Shelby Moore <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> My objective was to make sure I understood well the issues (including
>> the view opposing the concensus) and possibly to swing them and any
>> lurkers to the concensus declaration:
>>
>> http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/hybi/current/msg02955.html
>
> That "declaration of consensus" was premature.  The working group has not reached consensus on that point.
>
> Adam
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