[Python-checkins] CVS: python/nondist/peps pep-0268.txt,1.2,1.3
Greg Stein
gstein@users.sourceforge.net
Tue, 21 Aug 2001 01:22:49 -0700
Update of /cvsroot/python/python/nondist/peps
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv3404
Modified Files:
pep-0268.txt
Log Message:
Update the text to use direct RFC references (to automagically pick up URLs
to those specs). Fix the PEP: header at top, after Barry's renumbering.
Index: pep-0268.txt
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/nondist/peps/pep-0268.txt,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -C2 -d -r1.2 -r1.3
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--- pep-0268.txt 2001/08/21 08:22:47 1.3
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! PEP: 267
Title: Extended HTTP functionality and WebDAV
Version: $Revision$
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! PEP: 268
Title: Extended HTTP functionality and WebDAV
Version: $Revision$
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Python has been quite popular as a result of its "batteries
included" positioning. One of the most heavily used protocols,
! HTTP [2], has been included with Python for years (httplib). However,
! this support has not kept up with the full needs and requirements
! of many HTTP-based applications and systems. In addition, new
! protocols based on HTTP, such as WebDAV and XML-RPC, are becoming
! useful and are seeing increasing usage. Supplying this
! functionality meets Python's "batteries included" role and also
! keeps Python at the leading edge of new technologies.
While authentication and proxy support are two very notable
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Python has been quite popular as a result of its "batteries
included" positioning. One of the most heavily used protocols,
! HTTP (see RFC 2616), has been included with Python for years
! (httplib). However, this support has not kept up with the full
! needs and requirements of many HTTP-based applications and
! systems. In addition, new protocols based on HTTP, such as WebDAV
! and XML-RPC, are becoming useful and are seeing increasing
! usage. Supplying this functionality meets Python's "batteries
! included" role and also keeps Python at the leading edge of new
! technologies.
While authentication and proxy support are two very notable
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authenticators. The use of a separate object allows for a long
term connection to an authentication system (e.g. LDAP). An
! authenticator for the Basic mechanism [3] will be provided. Digest
! would be great, but we need to find some code for it (or a
! motivated developer). User-supplied authenticator subclasses can
! be registered and used by the connections.
A "credentials" object is also associated with the mixin, and
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authenticators. The use of a separate object allows for a long
term connection to an authentication system (e.g. LDAP). An
! authenticator for the Basic mechanism (see RFC 2617) will be
! provided. Digest would be great, but we need to find some code for
! it (or a motivated developer). User-supplied authenticator
! subclasses can be registered and used by the connections.
A "credentials" object is also associated with the mixin, and
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[1] http://www.webdav.org/
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- [2] http://asg.web.cmu.edu/rfc/rfc2616.html
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- [3] http://asg.web.cmu.edu/rfc/rfc2617.html
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