Make reason-phrase optional?

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <CAOXZevAVqm9NSbu7Ttp1Hji_SY8pDyAa=K8072qfuHXyojc1AQ at mail.gmail.com>
, Per Buer writes:

>According to http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-6.1.1 - the reason
>phrase is meant for human consumption and you're allowed to say whatever
>you'd like here. The reason phrase is required by the RFC and the question
>is whether Varnish should require it or not. After all, it isn't used for
>anything so I don't see a reason why we should require it. Then again, we
>cannot be faulted for declaring a backend sick when it is in violation of
>the protocol.

I have no opinion on this.  Find a consensus and send me a patch...


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