On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se> wrote:
>> Again, IMO, that's a server-side bug. If apps fail due to this, it might
>> be a good idea to fix stuff regardless.
>
> Most client-side app authors cannot affect the server side apps, their bugs
> or setup issues. They need to live with them.

Sure, I understand. They can by removing the accept encoding header.
I simply fail to see why the default should be like it is because of this.

> In this discussion, I've only seen one vote in favour if enabling
> compression by default and that's yours.

Fair enough, although I haven't seen many votes at all.

Olaf
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