[Python-Dev] Remove HTTP 0.9 support

[James Y Knight]

On Dec 16, 2010, at 3:14 AM, Senthil Kumaran wrote:

> Even HTTP 0.9 says that response SHOULD start with status line, but
> gives a suggestion that clients can "tolerate" bad server server
> behaviors when they don't send the status line and in that the case
> response is the body.
> 
> http://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/Response.html
> 
> So, It cannot be associated with the behavior "most webservers", back
> then and even more so now.

Actually no. That document is describing almost-HTTP 1.0. Here is the actual document you were looking for:
http://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/AsImplemented.html

HTTP 0.9 had no headers, no status line, nothing but "GET $url <crlf>" and a stream of data in response.

James