Re: [PATCH v2] HTTPv2 allow client to control transaction name in protocol

Greg Stein <gstein_at_gmail.com> writes:

> The proxy is the one altering the request/response flow. From the
> server's standpoint, the client (in this case, the proxy) already
> knows the name. Why should the server tell it what it already knows?
> Why should it put that useless information onto the wire?

It's convenient to implement it that way, a very simple change in the
client send path allows testing the client recieve path. If the server
doesn't send the header then testing will require a more complicated
client change, or the use of a proxy that sends the header.

-- 
Philip