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Re: [hybi] Extensibility mechanisms?

Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> Wed, 21 July 2010 05:13 UTC

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On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 08:39:38AM +0800, Thomson, Martin wrote:
> > For as adamantly as Ian states that it should be a requirement, I am just as adamant that it should not.
> > Every protocol expert I've spoken with agrees that amateur protocol implementors should not be a requirement.
> > Is there some way we can vote to either keep or nullify this requirement now and never come back to it again?  I'm tired of this obstacle holding everything up.
> 
> +1
> 
> That shouldn't mean that simplicity is not a design goal, just that it's not an overriding constraint.

+1

Willy

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