IPP Mail Archive: Re: IPP> FAQ - How should the server behave?

Re: IPP> FAQ - How should the server behave?

henrik.holst@i-data.com
Wed, 11 Feb 1998 08:42:07 +0100

>Carl (or anyone else),

>Perhaps I wasn't asking the right question, or wasn't being
>explicit enough, so let me re-ask the question.

>Is IPP currently defined such that the "server-error-service-unavailable"
>(0x0502) error code is used EXCLUSIVELY for the "server too busy
>to accept your request" condition?

>In particular, I am hoping this (or some other IPP error code)
>can be used in an unoverloaded way to precisely mean one thing,
>and not a bushel-basket of various conditions.

>...jay

If the "server-error-service-unavailable" (0x0502) error code means
"server too busy to accept your request" I think the error code should say
"server-warning-service-busy" or something like. However, I understands
that
the error code is the HTTP error code and in such case may the
"server-error-service-unavailable" (0x0502) error code means that no
IPP server is present at all!
I can't see it's an error the IPP server is busy, it's a normal condition.

/HOLST

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