Registration requirements for transfer codings, was: [apps-discuss] APPSDIR review of draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-24

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Mon, 28 October 2013 15:53 UTC

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To: S Moonesamy <sm+ietf@elandsys.com>, apps-discuss@ietf.org, draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging.all@tools.ietf.org, iesg@ietf.org
Subject: Registration requirements for transfer codings, was: [apps-discuss] APPSDIR review of draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-24
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On 2013-10-27 19:44, S Moonesamy wrote:
> ...
> The HTTP Transfer Coding namespace (Section 8.4) is currently "First
> Come First Served".  The new registration procedure required IETF
> Review.  What is the reason for the change?
> ...

My understanding is that we wanted to set a high bar because this really 
ought to happen with lots of care and review.

The related ticket is 
<http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/188>, and it was 
discussed during IETF 75 
(<http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/minutes?item=minutes75.html>).

Best regards, Julian