[Savannah-help-public] [gnu.org #703015] [sr #107737] HTTP headers lack "last-modified"

[Bernie Innocenti via RT]

> [karl - Mon Sep 05 11:55:30 2011]:
> Although I agree that including last-modified for SSI documents is also
> imperfect, on balance I think it is worth trying.  It is clearly a
> benefit for .html documents that don't actually use SSI.  And, as you
> know, most documents on our web site that do use SSI use it for standard
> elements such as the header and footer.  It is no big deal if users see
> a cached copy of those that is slightly out of date.  And the caching
> should reduce load on the server to some small extent.

I agree with you, especially if we combine this with a short cache expiration 
time (1h? 30min?).


> So, if you're willing, can you please try enabling it?

Sorry, I can't do that because last Friday was my last day at the FSF (don't 
worry, it's nothing 
dramatic). Reassigning this ticket to Ward.

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Bernie Innocenti
Systems Administrator, Free Software Foundation