In message <9031.1311328268.180517@puncture>, Dave Cridland writes: > On Fri Jul 22 01:11:33 2011, Masataka Ohta wrote: > > Dave Cridland wrote: > > > > > It's proven impossible, despite effort, to retrofit SRV onto HTTP; > > > > Where is a proof? > > Sorry, I've a habit of using the word "proof" in the English (and > indeed Welsh) sense of "test" or "trial", rather than the > mathematical sense of the statement backed up by logic. > > I should simply say that there have been attempts (I recall more than > one draft), but the situation is sufficiently entrenched that these > have gained no traction, in no small part because of the requirement > for something close to a flag day. There is no need for a flag day. If SRV support had been added when first proposed there would be close to 100% by now. Browsers get regularly updated so there really is no reason to not add SRV support. The main reason to add SRV support is to provide indirection. > 1) There are no SRV records. > > 2) Therefore browsers do not support them. > > 3) Therefore you'd need to allow for A-lookup as fallback for the > forseeable future. > > 4) Therefore there's no incentive for browsers to support SRV. > > Dave. > -- > Dave Cridland - mailto:dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx - xmpp:dwd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > - acap://acap.dave.cridland.net/byowner/user/dwd/bookmarks/ > - http://dave.cridland.net/ > Infotrope Polymer - ACAP, IMAP, ESMTP, and Lemonade > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: marka@xxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf