On to, 2008-03-06 at 12:09 -0600, ext Dean Willis wrote:
> > There *really* is no comparison done; the subscriber throws away the old
> > state when a NOTIFY is received, and stores the new state. (In the case
> > of partial notification, there's also patching done, but still no
> > comparison of etags). 
> 
> So if a changed etag doesn't mean the content changed, what the heck are
> we sending an etag for?

We're sending it so that the next time the subscriber sends a SUBSCRIBE,
it can say: "Here's the last entity I've seen. Suppress-If-Match,
please". 

Cheers,
Aki 

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