On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Ian Hickson <i...@hixie.ch> wrote: > On Wed, 11 Feb 2009, Breno de Medeiros wrote: > > > > > > > 2. This technique may prevent legitimate uses of the spec by > > > > developers who do not have the ability to set the appropriate > > > > header. > > > > > > Many developers can control Content-Type headers using .htaccess files > > > (and their ilk). > > > > And many others cannot. This is particularly irksome in outsourcing > > situations where you have only partial control of the hosting > > environment or depend on non-technical users to perform administrative > > tasks. > > Note that if the spec says that UAs are to ignore the Content-Type header, > this is a violation of the HTTP and MIME specifications. If this is > intentional, then the HTTP or MIME specs should be changed.
The spec is letting applications decide what to do. It is not mandating anything. > > > -- > Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL > http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. > Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.' > -- --Breno +1 (650) 214-1007 desk +1 (408) 212-0135 (Grand Central) MTV-41-3 : 383-A PST (GMT-8) / PDT(GMT-7)
