John, On Sep 20, 2006, at 9:46 AM, John Cowan wrote:
This list has discussed several methods of avoiding such an outcome,from encouraging the use of the HTTP HEAD method or the If-Modified- Since header, to a separate file containing the most recent registry file date, to full provision of diffs. IANA clearly has a stake in the outcome ofthat conversation. (My opinion FWIW is that a separate short file containing just thefile-date record, without full diffs, is the best and simplest proposal.)
Internally, we use subversion for version control. It would be relatively straight forward for us to provide an opt-in mailing list that broadcasts the contextual diffs of any registry update. We can, of course, also look at other alternatives people might suggest.
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