At Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:07:07 +0200, Aki Niemi wrote: > > > On ti, 2008-03-04 at 07:19 -0800, ext Eric Rescorla wrote: > > > [An entity-tag is] guaranteed to be unique across all versions > > > of all entities for a resource and event package. > > > > > > If the version of the entity, in this case "A", is identical to a > > > previous version, which is "A" in this case, then the entity-tag can > > > certainly be the same as well. > > > > It's not clear to me that the text you are quoting implies the > > interpretation that you just provided. In fact, I would note that you > > are referring to "the version" and "the previous version" which > > suggests that they are separate versions and must have different > > ETags. > > Then I'd appreciate any suggestion to make it clearer.
Explicitly state that in the case I described that it's permissible to deliver the same Etag in the first and third versions. > > Given that when I asked this question I got two different answers from > > Dale and Dean, I submit that the draft might be improved by directly > > addressing this point. Note that I don't care about the resolution, > > but I do care that the draft be unambiguous. > > Can you point out the unambiguity? I think Dean did a good job with that, namely that one could view "versions" as instances, and that two versions with different content are different versions and so need different Etags. -Ekr _______________________________________________ Sip mailing list https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/sip This list is for NEW development of the core SIP Protocol Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for questions on current sip Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for new developments on the application of sip
