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Re: [hybi] OPTIONS (was Re: It's time to ship)

Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> Sun, 09 January 2011 23:10 UTC

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On Jan 9, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Adam Barth wrote:

> Whether we use OPTIONS or GET is much less than 1% of the value
> proposition of the WebSockets protocol.  Rather than optimizing that
> part of the protocol, it's more important to pick something and go
> with it.
> 
> Honestly, I picked OPTIONS because it was the example given in
> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2817.txt.

I personally have no objections to OPTIONS. The reason for this side thread is so that anyone who has a concrete problem with OPTIONS can raise it now. I'm not aware of any such problems, but Willy said there might be some. I'm definitely into shipping soon, but it can't hurt to be informed.

Regards,
Maciej

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