Ticket #343: 343.3.diff

p1-messaging.xml

@@ -2013 +2013 @@
   <x:ref>qdtext-nf</x:ref>      = <x:ref>HTAB</x:ref> / <x:ref>SP</x:ref> / %x21 / %x23-5B / %x5D-7E / <x:ref>obs-text</x:ref>
 </artwork></figure>
 <t>
-   Chunk extensions within the chunked transfer coding are deprecated.
-   A sender &SHOULD-NOT; send chunk-ext.
-   Definition of new chunk extensions is discouraged. 
+   Chunk extensions need to be used carefully because use of chunking does not
+   have any semantics related to the message; it is by definition hop-by-hop
+   and thus can be removed/reformatted by any intermediary.
+   Furthermore, few implementations expose information about their contents.
 </t>
 <t>
    The chunk-size field is a string of hex digits indicating the size of
@@ -5113 +5114 @@
 <t>
   Chunk length does not include the count of the octets in the
   chunk header and trailer.
-  Use of chunk extensions is deprecated, and line folding in them is 
-  disallowed.
+  Line folding in chunk extensions is  disallowed.
   (<xref target="chunked.encoding"/>)
 </t>
 <t>
@@ -5491 +5491 @@
   Closed issues:
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     <t>
+      <eref target="http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/343"/>:
+      "chunk-extensions" (removed the earlier deprecation)
+    </t>
+    <t>
       <eref target="http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/483"/>:
       "MUST fix Content-Length?"
     </t>