RE: [odata-comment] aligning "repeatable requests" language with existing specs and question about repeatability for idempotent methods

["Handl, Ralf" <ralf.handl@sap.com>]

Hi Erik,

I've added these suggestions to issue https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/ODATA-1463.

If you find more problems, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Thanks in advance
Ralf


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From: odata-comment@lists.oasis-open.org <odata-comment@lists.oasis-open.org> On Behalf Of Erik Wilde
Sent: Thursday, 29 July 2021 16:59
To: Handl, Ralf <ralf.handl@sap.com>; odata-comment@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [odata-comment] aligning "repeatable requests" language with existing specs and question about repeatability for idempotent methods

hello ralf.

thanks for your email.

On 2021-07-29 13:35, Handl, Ralf wrote:
> I've opened https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/ODATA-1463 to track this.
> Your feedback on the proposed fix would be highly welcome.

looks good to me. when looking at where you actually use "unsafe", i 
spotted a typo in this section:

https://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/repeatable-requests/v1.0/cs01/repeatable-requests-v1.0-cs01.html#sec_ClientConformance

2. MUST specify the Repeatability-First-Sent header in a unsafe request

->

2. MUST specify the Repeatability-First-Sent header in an unsafe request

that section says "If a client wants so safely repeat a request" and 
that's a bit problematic. because in HTTP, "safe" is a well-defined word 
that applies to specific methods (like GET). this is not what you're 
doing here, in HTTP terms this is still "unsafe" (but it is idempotent 
now). so maybe just omit "safely" to avoid this slight incoherence with 
HTTP terminology.

thanks and cheers,

dret.

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