> Google also uses the User-Agent header to switch between available
> Javascript. If Google does it, then sure, pragmatism demands that
> we work around it -- but that does not make it the right decision,
> and I still tend to agree with people who just send "User-Agent:
> Browser detection is evil!"
Coming back to Polipo -- this is a more general problem. Should
Polipo be doing The Right Thing, or should it be a pragmatic
implementation of HTTP for today's web?
Obviously, we're looking for the right compromise between the two;
I try to have Polipo do The Right Thing whenever possible, but I do
implement large numbers of workarounds for server bugs. I'm somewhat
less indulgent with client bugs, most of the time I recommend that
people upgrade their clients.
In Ming's particular case, the solution is simply to run with
disableVia set to false. A different workaround would be to add
Google's broken servers to /etc/polipo/uncachable.
Juliusz
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