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From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Subject: Re: git+http:// proof-of-concept (not using CONNECT)
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 13:50:03 -0700
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Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Jul 2009, Eric Wong wrote:
> >
> > That and my approach requires both the client and server to be
> > simutaneously sending and receiving responses in full-duplex channel
> > which makes it impossible to work without chunking.  IOW, there's no
> > chance any HTTP proxy that dechunks or queues/coalesces chunked
> > requests/responses can work with my approach.
> 
> Many HTTP servers will not be able to support it either because HTTP is a
> half-duplex protocol (modulo request pipelining).

Heh, as far as I know Unicorn is the only one :)

-- 
Eric Wong