From a3a031b7cc62babfe4ec83facc6ecadde511f2b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dkf Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 12:32:41 +0000 Subject: [FRQ 3358415]: Minor doc improvement --- ChangeLog | 4 ++++ doc/http.n | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index dda3b3b..6d87e5c 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2011-07-08 Donal K. Fellows + + * doc/http.n: [FRQ 3358415]: State what RFC defines HTTP/1.1. + 2011-07-03 Donal K. Fellows * doc/FileSystem.3: Corrected statements about ctime field of 'struct diff --git a/doc/http.n b/doc/http.n index 77dfc7f..24b5f6a 100644 --- a/doc/http.n +++ b/doc/http.n @@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ http \- Client-side implementation of the HTTP/1.1 protocol .SH DESCRIPTION .PP The \fBhttp\fR package provides the client side of the HTTP/1.1 -protocol. The package implements the GET, POST, and HEAD operations +protocol, as defined in RFC 2616. +The package implements the GET, POST, and HEAD operations of HTTP/1.1. It allows configuration of a proxy host to get through firewalls. The package is compatible with the \fBSafesock\fR security policy, so it can be used by untrusted applets to do URL fetching from -- cgit v0.12