Re: [PATCH] web: authorization header scheme should be capitalized

["Aleix Conchillo Flaqué" <aconchillo@gmail.com>]

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On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 1:35 AM Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> wrote:

> Aleix Conchillo Flaqué schreef op do 23-06-2022 om 18:46 [-0700]:
> > Ah, got it. Yes, that would make sense.
> >
> > I was thinking about it again. I know that Guile complies with the
> > standard but since, I would say, capitalized schemes is what most
> > libraries use, would it make sense to switch to that? I don't really
> > expect big companies to fix this kind of stuff fast and in the
> > meantime we can't use Guile for certain things. I have to say I've
> > never seen lowercase Authorization header schemes.
>
> As long as we remember to _also_ report the bug in the buggy
> ‘consumers’ of the header (in this case, those big companies) and
> remember that lower-case isn't buggy, switching to the more
> conventional title-case seems sensible to me.
>
>
Great. I'll re-word the patch then and add your suggested additional tests.

Thank you!

Aleix

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