Re: client support for RFC 3516 (BINARY)?

Dave Cridland <[email protected]>
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On 9 Dec 2014 23:54, "Lyndon Nerenberg" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, 3516 was supposed to restrict binary fetches to terminal MIME
parts.  I was sure the final version of the draft had that text, and it
still baffles me how it got through last call without me noticing, but
there you go.

The RFC does seem to be written entirely with leaf nodes in mind, though it
never actually makes the restriction. On the basis that all implementations
reject noon leaf sections anyway, making it an errata seems the most
pragmatic solution, whatever the process says.

Dave.

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