Re: Method Mania

• From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
• Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2024 09:40:16 +0200
• To: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
• Message-ID: <47e8c96b-7afa-4d5b-aed2-db7a17f8d087@gmx.de>

On 02.08.2024 21:44, Josh Cohen wrote:
> Thanks for the clarification.  Looking at the http2 rfc9113[1], bottom
> of section 8.3.1, says:
> "Individual HTTP/2 requests do not carry an explicit indicator of
> protocol version. All HTTP/2 requests implicitly have a protocol version
> of "2.0""
>
> So, there's no longer an explicit version string, or header.
>
> The reason I asked was when considering new methods.  The option of
> revving the version of the messaging/semantics layer isn't feasible.
>
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9113#section-8.3.1
> <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9113#section-8.3.1>

There's no problem introducing new methods. The method registry is
completely orthogonal to the HTTP version.

Best regards, Julian

Received on Saturday, 3 August 2024 07:40:23 UTC