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Bug 5970 - Validator does not send HTTP_ACCEPT header
Summary: Validator does not send HTTP_ACCEPT header
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 785
Alias: None
Product: Validator
Classification: Unclassified
Component: check (show other bugs)
Version: HEAD
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P2 major
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: This bug has no owner yet - up for the taking
QA Contact: qa-dev tracking
URL: http://validator.w3.org/docs/users.ht...
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Reported: 2008-08-14 12:09 UTC by iltar van der berg
Modified: 2008-08-14 13:32 UTC (History)
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Description iltar van der berg 2008-08-14 12:09:01 UTC 
The validator still forgets to send the right HTTP_ACCEPT header. see: http://www.iltar.nl/Index/
Comment 1 Olivier Thereaux 2008-08-14 12:50:40 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 785 ***
Comment 2 iltar van der berg 2008-08-14 13:06:17 UTC 
Duplicating does not solve this bug:

Version: 0.7.0 
Opened: 2004-06-02 15:32 

This is the reason why i opened another report. in 4 years still not fixed...
Comment 3 Olivier Thereaux 2008-08-14 13:15:25 UTC 
Opening duplicates will not fix the issue, it will just make noise, waste people's time, dilute the information. 

If you have new information or a patch for Bug 785, then please follow-up there. If not, and if you need a custom Accept:, see http://validator.w3.org/docs/users.html#option-accept

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 785 ***
Comment 4 iltar van der berg 2008-08-14 13:19:10 UTC 
It doesn't take four years to fix this...
Comment 5 Olivier Thereaux 2008-08-14 13:25:32 UTC 
Please keep as duplicate of Bug 785. This is where the discussion on that issue has been.
thank you.

(In reply to comment #4)
> It doesn't take four years to fix this...

This is open source. Patches welcome.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 785 ***
Comment 6 iltar van der berg 2008-08-14 13:26:37 UTC 
(In reply to comment #5)
> Please keep as duplicate of Bug 785. This is where the discussion on that issue
> has been.
> thank you.
> 
> (In reply to comment #4)
> > It doesn't take four years to fix this...
> 
> This is open source. Patches welcome.
> 
> 
> *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 785 ***
> 

Show me the source and ill fix it.
Comment 7 Olivier Thereaux 2008-08-14 13:32:52 UTC 
(In reply to comment #6)
> Show me the source 

http://validator.w3.org/source/
http://validator.w3.org/docs/devel.html

> and ill fix it.

That would be great. Note however the discussions in Bug 785 (please follow-up THERE, not here) and note that others have tried providing a patch, without success. There is AFAICT no way to provide a complete Accept: for the validator.

Nor (IMHO) is there a need to provide any. I am yet to hear a proper justification for the need for an Accept: header, beyond "it does not play well with how I serve XHTML 1.1 as text/html", which is now a non-issue.