On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Paul, > > On 11 Sep 2009, at 20:20, Paul Davis wrote: > >>> We could also start supporting GET bodies :) >> >> Its not about us supporting GET bodies. Its about everyone else >> supporting them. And by everyone, I mean everyone from http client >> libraries to proxy implementations. >> >> Last I recall on the subject was that GET bodies only arguably exist >> because they're never explicitly forbidden. I'm not particularly >> familiar with all the details though so I could be wrong on that >> point. > > I'm aware of these points ;) — I'm suggesting merely that we probably > want to implement it "the right way" (GET + body, my opinion) first and > real-world workarounds second. Users who can trust their infrastructure > can use the right way and maybe raise awareness of incomplete RFC > compliance with other projects and vendors.
Patches welcome. :) If its as easy as making the obvious calls to grab from the GET body then I'll add it as well, but I'm feeling pragmatic today so the first indication I had that it was going to be non-trivial I'd drop it like a something that was really heavy. [This paragraph redacted to avoid debate on a simple ticket] Paul Davis
