> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 14:54:13 -0400 > From: Ray Denenberg <[log in to unmask]> > > > So my concrete proposal is simply that the client should send, as > > a part of the search request, a bit saying whether or not it wants > > the server to maintain a persistent result set. > > We explored all of this, in great depth, at our first meeting a year > ago. There was strong sentiment not to do this as it would be a > futile effort to define negotiation that wouldn't work in practice > anyway. Why not? _/|_ _______________________________________________________________ /o ) \/ Mike Taylor <[log in to unmask]> www.miketaylor.org.uk )_v__/\ "What is this talk of 'release'? Klingons do not make software 'releases'. Our software 'escapes,' leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake." -- Klingon Programming Mantra