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Re: [hybi] I-D Action:draft-ietf-hybi-thewebsocketprotocol-01.txt

Adam Barth <ietf@adambarth.com> Wed, 01 September 2010 23:42 UTC

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From: Adam Barth <ietf@adambarth.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:42:31 -0700
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Subject: Re: [hybi] I-D Action:draft-ietf-hybi-thewebsocketprotocol-01.txt
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On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 4:36 PM, John Tamplin <jat@google.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Adam Barth <ietf@adambarth.com> wrote:
>> No one should be using this protocol for anything that can't receive a
>> breaking change.
>
> Then how do we get real world data?  Should everyone go modify Firefox
> or Chrome themselves and run against only their servers to see how it
> works?

If you're running an experiment, you should either:

1) Upgrade your clients and servers.
2) Break folks who are using old versions of the protocol.

(or ideally both)

If you can't either upgrade the old code or break the use of the old
code, you'll be calcified into using that version protocol.
Versioning isn't the solution.  Avoiding calcification in the
solution.

Adam

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