[Python-Dev] Remove HTTP 0.9 support (original) (raw)

André Malo nd at perlig.de
Thu Dec 16 07:42:08 CET 2010

Hello,

I would like to remove HTTP 0.9 support from http.client and http.server. I've opened an issue at http://bugs.python.org/issue10711 for that. Would anyone think it's a bad idea? (HTTP 1.0 was devised in 1996)

HTTP/0.9 support is still recommended (RFC 2616 is from 1999, but still current).

I'm wondering, why you would consider touching that at all. Is it broken? Does it stand in the way of anything? If not, why throw away a feature?

nd

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