On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 3:29 PM, =JeffH <[email protected]> wrote:
> Julian wondered..
>>
>> wouldn't it make sense to have a default for max-age so it
>> can be made OPTIONAL?
>
> hm ... I lean towards keeping max-age as REQUIRED (without a default value)
> and thus hopefully encouraging deployers to think a bit about this and its
> ramifications, and also because its value is so site-specific in terms of a
> web application's needs, deployment approach, and tolerance for downside
> risk of breaking itself.

Makes sense to me.  Chrome currently ignores the header if the server
doesn't specify a max-age.

Adam
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