[Python-checkins] CVS: python/nondist/peps pep-0268.txt,1.2,1.3

[Greg Stein]

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
*** pep-0268.txt	2001/08/21 08:16:35	1.2
--- pep-0268.txt	2001/08/21 08:22:47	1.3
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*** 1,3 ****
! PEP: 267
  Title: Extended HTTP functionality and WebDAV
  Version: $Revision$
--- 1,3 ----
! 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/
- 
-     [2] http://asg.web.cmu.edu/rfc/rfc2616.html
- 
-     [3] http://asg.web.cmu.edu/rfc/rfc2617.html
  
  
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