Yes, this is a bug in etag generation, not a concerted effort to make them weak.
Sane solution sounds sane. On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Robert Newson <rnew...@apache.org> wrote: > I think the sanest fix is to make view etags for include_docs=true use > the original algorithm, so that they always change if the database > changes. If you file a ticket, I can fix this in the morning. > > B. > > > On 29 June 2011 19:22, Jens Alfke <j...@mooseyard.com> wrote: >> >> On Jun 29, 2011, at 11:13 AM, Jens Alfke wrote: >> >>> So for example, I do this: >>> >>> $ curl -I http://localhost:5984/demo-addresses/_all_docs >> >> Sorry, to be a good test the URL should have been like >> http://127.0.0.1:5984/demo-addresses/_changes?include_docs=true >> because without include_docs, the ETag is still a strong validator, as far >> as I can tell. >> >> —Jens >
