Re: WebDAV sync informal last call

Werner DonnĂ© <[email protected]> Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:25:08 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.webdav
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Cyrus,

On 19 Apr 2011, at 16:08, Cyrus Daboo wrote:

>> What is the rationale behind sending it only once?
>=20
> Same rationale that causes changes to a resource to only be reported =
once. Basically a server only sends notification of a change in "state" =
of a resource once to anyone particular client for the simple reason =
that sync clients are expected to persist some state from the last sync =
operation.
>=20
> Simply put a "405" resource is no different from any other, except as =
follows:
>=20
> - When the resource first appears in the sync set, it is reported with =
a 403+DAV:error code
> - No change notifications are sent for the resource since it does not =
report any changes
> - If the resource is removed, a 404 is returned
>=20
> With that behavior, the "405" is effectively sent only once.
>=20
> --=20
> Cyrus Daboo


I see what you mean now. Thank you.

Werner.
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