In case some folks want to check our compliance and fix the spec (or the code) if we aren't ... now is the time.
....Roy Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: ietf-http...@w3.org > From: Mark Nottingham <m...@mnot.net> > Subject: Working Group Last Call: httpbis p4 / p5 / p6 / p7 > Date: March 15, 2012 12:20:50 AM PDT > To: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http...@w3.org> > > After discussion with the editors and ADs, I believe the following documents > are ready for Working Group Last Call (WGLC): > > HTTP/1.1, part 4: Conditional Requests > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-19 > > HTTP/1.1, part 5: Range Requests and Partial Responses > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p5-range-19 > > HTTP/1.1, part 6: Caching > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p6-cache-19 > > HTTP/1.1, part 7: Authentication > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p7-auth-19 > > To encourage implementers to review and provide feedback on the documents, > we're doing a four-week WGLC, ending on April 12, 2012. However, early > reviews are appreciated, as that will give us the opportunity to discuss > potential changes at our Paris meeting. > > *** Providing Feedback > > Your input should be sent to this mailing list, clearly marked with "WGLC" > and the appropriate part. E.g., with Subject lines such as: > > Subject: WGLC review of p4-conditional > Subject: WGLC issue: "foo" in p5 > > Issues that you believe to be editorial in nature (e.g., typos, suggested > re-phrasing) can be grouped together in a single e-mail. Substantive issues > (what we call "design" issues) that may need discussion should be sent one > per e-mail, with a descriptive subject. > > If you disagree with the resolution of a previously discussed issue, you're > encouraged to note that at this time. > > *** What's Next > > The Working Group will discuss these issues, re-issuing drafts as necessary. > Tickets raised on these drafts will have a severity of "In WG Last Call" , > and once they are disposed of, we'll see if there's consensus on going to > IETF Last Call on them (as Chair, I'll judge this for each document except > p6, where I'll defer to Mark Baker, the document shepherd, since I've edited > a substantial part of that specification). > > p1, p2 and p3 should join them in WGLC at or shortly after our Paris meeting. > We anticipate sending all of the documents to IETF LC together. > > Thanks to the editors for their hard work in getting to this point. > > -- > Mark Nottingham > http://www.mnot.net/ Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: ietf-http...@w3.org > From: Julian Reschke <julian.resc...@gmx.de> > Subject: Re: Working Group Last Call: httpbis p4 / p5 / p6 / p7 > Date: March 15, 2012 1:23:00 AM PDT > To: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http...@w3.org> > > Hi there, > > please also note that we have HTML versions at > > https://svn.tools.ietf.org/svn/wg/httpbis/draft-ietf-httpbis/19/p4-conditional.html > > https://svn.tools.ietf.org/svn/wg/httpbis/draft-ietf-httpbis/19/p5-range.html > > https://svn.tools.ietf.org/svn/wg/httpbis/draft-ietf-httpbis/19/p6-cache.html > > https://svn.tools.ietf.org/svn/wg/httpbis/draft-ietf-httpbis/19/p7-auth.html > > which come with feedback links that should make it really simple to provide > quick comments. > > Also, we'll continue to work on the drafts as comments come in; you can > always find the latest and greatest at > > https://svn.tools.ietf.org/svn/wg/httpbis/draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p4-conditional.html > > https://svn.tools.ietf.org/svn/wg/httpbis/draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p5-range.html > > https://svn.tools.ietf.org/svn/wg/httpbis/draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p6-cache.html > > https://svn.tools.ietf.org/svn/wg/httpbis/draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p7-auth.html > > For trivial corrections, if you suspect that somebody else might already have > reported the bug, you may want to check here whether it's fixed already. > > Looking forward to review comments. > > Julian