Re: ERROR verb

[Bill de hÓra <bill@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Sayre wrote:
> Quoting Asbjørn Ulsberg <asbjorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>
> > On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 12:15:53 +0200, Henry Story <henry.story@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Could one not generalize and create an ERROR header in addition to GET,
> > > POST
>
> I've always liked this idea. Let's use a verb, though. Maybe "COMPLAIN".

ERR is the verb.

Adding new method to HTTP (or any app protocol) is a last resort 
imo. Again imo, to ask for a new verb is to say both that the 
deployed web doesn't support Atom needs and that the deployed web 
should accept the burden of a new verb for Atom needs*. While we 
seem to be noodling on a couple of new verbs, are we at that point yet?

cheers
Bill

* all aside from adoption questions, which are significant. Claim: 
any syndication technology that does not require new HTTP verbs has 
an immediate adoption advantage other one that does, irrespective of 
the engineering merits.