Re: [htdig-dev] head_before_get attribute (was: 3.2RC1 Feature Freeze)

[Neal R. <ne...@ri...>]

Gabriele wrote:
> 1) leave the code as is
> 2) remove the overriding of the head before get in the incremental dig
>
> In both cases we need to write down a better documentation for this
> attribute (especially in the option 2 where we should talk about the
> benefits of a HEAD call in the incremental dig).
>
> I must confess. I would prefer option 2, as I think users' must have full
> control of the tool and IMHO by adding a default behaviour of HEAD before
> GET to the system we've done our part.

  OK, you've convinced me, it IS useful to have this switch be user
controlled..  I wasn't aware of the non-compliant servers causing an
issue.  Clearly 'automatic' behavior in that case is a bad thing.
Go with option 2.

  Thanks!

Neal Richter
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