- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 11:44:06 +0200
- To: Stewart Brodie <stewart.brodie@antplc.com>
- CC: public-webapi@w3.org
Stewart Brodie wrote: >> If a server can't cope with it (evidence, please!), fix it. > > Some older versions of Microsoft IIS are the servers that I've come across > that fail to cope with it. It is unrealistic to expect these to be > undeployed any time soon. The comment in my code does not specify version > numbers - it simply indicates that a lack of an Accept header causes some > versions of IIS to return a None Match error. On that basis, and because > sending "Accept: */*" fixes the problem, I am assuming that the fault lies > in the content negotation code. Well, the client alway can set "Accept" to "*/*" if it needs to communicate with that server. Please do not burden the spec with workarounds when it is clearly *not* required. BR, Julian
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