[Web-SIG] WSGI and start_response

[Dirkjan Ochtman]

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 01:35, Graham Dumpleton
<graham.dumpleton at gmail.com> wrote:
> If that isn't done, we will be here in another year still arguing
> about whether some aspect of the specification should be changed or
> removed based on some individuals perceived need.

I agree, WSGI 1.1 should be more like HTML5 in that it tries to more
meticulously describe/unify existing implementations.

> Such a significant change as removing the requirement for write()
> should also not be done within a minor version of the WSGI
> specification because anything that works with WSGI 1.0 should still
> work with WSGI 1.1 and vice versa. On that basis it can't really be
> entertained until WSGI 2.0 where incompatible changes would be
> allowed.

I think it's a good idea to consider for 2.0, certainly.

Cheers,

Dirkjan