* in Accept, Accept-Charset and Accept-Encoding request headers is of very limited use, because:
- With a qvalue higher than another value, it says "send anything in preference to something specific", which isn't useful
- With a qvalue lower than another media type, it says "send a more specific value in preference to something else", which is already implied by HTTP
- With a qvalue of 0, it says "don't ever send other value" -- but a server can always ignore that, because this is an optional-to-implement extension
- In media types (e.g.,
text/*), it has been cargo culted a lot, but doesn't actually give the server information it can use.
Can we deprecate * in these headers, or at least restrict its use / give better guidance?
*inAccept,Accept-CharsetandAccept-Encodingrequest headers is of very limited use, because:text/*), it has been cargo culted a lot, but doesn't actually give the server information it can use.Can we deprecate
*in these headers, or at least restrict its use / give better guidance?