- From: Greg Stein <gstein@lyra.org>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:39:40 -0700
- To: dav <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>
Yaron Goland (Exchange) wrote: > > To guarantee that a MOVE will work using a GET/PROPFIND/PUT/PROPPATCH/DELETE > or any other sequence of client commands would be to rob servers of their > ability to add value, which is clearly a step too far. This is especially > the case in circumstances where the resource in question is not a file in > disguise but a generic program. > > That having been said, in many cases the previous sequence would work just > fine. Unfortunately it is also slow as all hell but in some cases there is > nothing better available. I certainly won't be building any client-side HTTP code into mod_dav. If the MOVE can't be done within the server, then it will fail. Period. I fully agree with the part of the charter than Yaron pointed out: server-server communication is NOT in scope. There are enough things to do without worrying about this. Jim's server happens to be able to do cross-server moves because it is a blended client/server package. I would still like to know if *any* other server-side only packages are actually *intending* to support any kind of cross-server functionality. If not, then take Geoff's stance: allow a MOVE to fail with a "Bad Gateway" at any time. There. Enough said in the spec. Let's move on. Cheers, -g -- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/
Received on Friday, 10 September 1999 16:48:33 UTC