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[tor-commits] [torspec/master] Prop #278: Describe backwards compatibility for directory servers.



commit 7401488308ec5de485cdf745199c3ed87dfd930a
Author: Alexander Færøy <ahf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Fri Apr 7 13:18:44 2017 +0200

    Prop #278: Describe backwards compatibility for directory servers.
---
 proposals/278-directory-compression-scheme-negotiation.txt | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/proposals/278-directory-compression-scheme-negotiation.txt b/proposals/278-directory-compression-scheme-negotiation.txt
index 93bb4ef..b1f2808 100644
--- a/proposals/278-directory-compression-scheme-negotiation.txt
+++ b/proposals/278-directory-compression-scheme-negotiation.txt
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ Target: N/A
   using zlib deflate without any prior knowledge of the newly added
   compression schemes.
 
+  If a directory server receives a request to a document with the ".z"
+  suffix, where the client does not include an "Accept-Encoding" header,
+  the server should respond with the zlib compressed version of the
+  document for backwards compatibility with client that does not support
+  this proposal.
+
   The "Content-Length" header contains the number of compressed bytes
   sent to the client.
 



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