2017-01-24 20:08 GMT+01:00 Christopher Schultz <ch...@christopherschultz.net >:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > All, > > I'm cross-posting dev@ and users@, but please only reply to dev@ if > you'd like to get involved in this discussion. > > I'd like to openly-discuss r1702765 [1]. There have been some > complaints on both users@ and dev@ and some BZ issues filed against > Tomcat 8.5 and 9.0 for removing the reason phrase. It happened in > r1702765 with no referenced BZ issue and was first released with > Tomcat 8.5.0 -- the initial release of Tomcat 8.5 -- as well as 9.0.0.M1 > . > > This issue doesn't really affect me, but some recent conversations > about the "stability" (in terms of "things not changing") of Tomcat > have me thinking about the implications of making this change in > Tomcat 8.5.x and not in just Tomcat 9.0.x. > > It is well-known within this community that Tomcat 8.0.x and Tomcat > 8.5.x are distinct versions, but since the major version number is the > same, many have expectations that nothing serious is going to change. > Of course, 8.5.x has *many* serious changes to it with respect to > Tomcat 8.0.x. But this one seems to be tripping a lot of people up. > - 8.5 is already changing a number of things (since it's supposed to be 9, so it's normal). - the clients we're talking about are ancient. - I only saw "a few" people affected, not "a lot". It's better to avoid breaking things, but I don't see the benefit of reverting it or bothering with an option. Rémy > > Those who are filing bugs, etc. are quite adamant that the reason > phrase is "required" for certain things. To be sure, the reason phrase > will only be required by non-compliant clients, and so technically the > client is at fault, here. > > I'm wondering what the wider community thinks about this change and > whether or not we should consider reverting it for Tomcat 8.5.x. > > Again, please reply to the dev@ list, since that's where this > discussion belongs. I just wanted to make sure I reached the widest > audience possible to begin a discussion. > > Thanks, > - -chris > > [1] http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=r1702765 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJYh6ZCAAoJEBzwKT+lPKRYnJgQAIe57jJw2iUk86I63NGsqPnY > IKWjZoMuqd8vlczn8/FF/drWMV7ObYsrhsYmJATR5iVI+/xdEXB7n8cMO7B7+ryV > Sxe1Tcmh/tBNJ83a8C+zSHWvnIELYRonHm9syApa7onPKcsoEe6MTrsdL1M+An9U > 9IvXtH3BfYKAynze5pkNS6I+ILjgWvNSclJFHmDNHWmRPyqdob4OtMWkSSU3qRBX > FfbEk9IMrEbIit6CH75dw9xfaUDDRudnw3MBkKaV8VOLUoykvSMK1w9GdufO4ohP > Dw/+l6CkXl8xCSRcNwXrDdJcisT9gN6Ey7+g7zrgAcg62RP3ftrQMCzT2VDQV3b4 > IlZfTi+vEdsKKzGUdH+OLbN0+hiW0bnuxJmTG2zQSGwKsIh78aFdPKShv4u22XKB > xfcKn9c6XGUHH88j0ZVSOLh2AmORCvuDfQNA3NJCOceRwQsV1OHAda65fFlkjyiz > Q/yMMV8VlblGJRItN1nEwheIs9ru3MokRBhaXQ78ehSkRxbkIPawP6ZSiojmv/80 > aKx3/T413GOK4e18sK3XFHP4NowkR7VR/a1R5Py7L2kpzhMJcc4bstYuE9hugfiN > BaECAT66qahCmP0xVoiFEB2A0+sD0wRKZ6K1gPCarPdLKh6cX4poRcMK4i0jgG2a > cao/Frb1y8JDm8maw1Q8 > =oQCi > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
