Re: Last Call: <draft-nottingham-safe-hint-05.txt> (The "safe" HTTP Preference) to Proposed Standard

"Murray S. Kucherawy" <superuser@gmail.com> Sun, 16 November 2014 05:13 UTC

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Subject: Re: Last Call: <draft-nottingham-safe-hint-05.txt> (The "safe" HTTP Preference) to Proposed Standard
From: "Murray S. Kucherawy" <superuser@gmail.com>
To: Dave Crocker <dcrocker@bbiw.net>
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On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net> wrote:

>
> Since we like to claim we approve of standardizing existing practice, we
> should be cautious about demanding perfection from that practice before
> being willing to standardize it..
>
>
There's also the small matter of the adjective "proposed".

-MSK