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Re: Working sketch of FAQ item data format
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lugnet.faq
Date: 
Sat, 8 May 1999 00:58:14 GMT
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In lugnet.faq, jsproat@geocities.com (Sproaticus) writes:
> [...]
> This is becoming pretty messy, and mostly for a dubious benefit.  Do you
> have any qualms with doing away with 'Include'?

Nope


> 1.  Bad plate to put this, in a footnote, but...  I think we should split up
> separate 'Location's into separate headers instead of commafying them.  It
> would become more consistent with everything else, and allow for 'Location'
> headers to be brought in from somewhere else.

Why are 'Location' headers useful again?  What do they do (as in an
example) that an include mechanism (implicit or explicit or a mix-n-match
index) can't do?  How terrible is life without the 'Location' header?

--Todd



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  Re: Working sketch of FAQ item data format
 
(...) Cool. I concur. (...) Um, I think it was for a possible alternative organization scheme, other than placement in a subdirectory. If we use index files instead, the Location header is not needed. Cheers, - jsproat (27 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.faq)

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(...) Among other things, yes. Upper levels can benefit too, such as bringing in 'Location' headers (1). (...) No; the way I see it, the including file has priority. Fields brought in by an include would be overridden by fields already in the (...) (27 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.faq)

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