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[jsr344-experts] Re: [1130-UserAgentNeedsUpdate] DISCUSSION

From: Frank Caputo <frank_at_frankcaputo.de>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 09:07:02 +0200

Hi Ed,

can't we simply refer to the whole RFC 2616 and say: userAgentNeedsUpdate() SHOULD be implemented to match the rules defined in RFC 2616?
This way we stay vague, but give an intention, of what the user expects.


Ciao Frank

Am 07.08.2012 um 16:43 schrieb Edward Burns:

> Hello Experts,
>
> Resource.userAgentNeedsUpdate() is intentionally vague, to allow for
> greater freedom of implementation. I've had recent reason to desire a
> tighter specification, at least requiring the If-Modified-Since header
> to be consulted.
>
> Does anyone else think we need to tighten up the spec for this method?
>
> Ed
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