From eb2a6180fbb73410c89647784f1c249ce2000b6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 12:13:16 +0100
Subject: README.http2: refreshed and added TODO items

---
 lib/README.http2 | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

(limited to 'lib')

diff --git a/lib/README.http2 b/lib/README.http2
index 936e3bb31..f6d9cb9a8 100644
--- a/lib/README.http2
+++ b/lib/README.http2
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-
 HTTP2 with libcurl
 
  Spec: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-http2
 
+ Document explaining it: http://daniel.haxx.se/http2/
+
  Build prerequisites
   - nghttp2
   - OpenSSL, NSS, GnutTLS or PolarSSL with a new enough version
@@ -10,8 +11,8 @@ HTTP2 with libcurl
  nghttp2 (https://github.com/tatsuhiro-t/nghttp2)
 
   libcurl uses this 3rd party library for the low level protocol handling
-  parts. The reason for this is that HTTP2 is much more complex at that layer
-  than HTTP1.1 (which we implement on our own) and that nghttp2 is an already
+  parts. The reason for this is that HTTP/2 is much more complex at that layer
+  than HTTP/1.1 (which we implement on our own) and that nghttp2 is an already
   existing and well functional library.
 
   Right now, nghttp2 implements http2 draft-14
@@ -20,9 +21,9 @@ HTTP2 with libcurl
 
  Over an http:// URL
 
-  If CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION is set to CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2, libcurl will include
-  an upgrade header in the initial request to the host to allow upgrading to
-  http2.
+  If CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION is set to CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0, libcurl will
+  include an upgrade header in the initial request to the host to allow
+  upgrading to http2.
 
   Possibly we can later introduce an option that will cause libcurl to fail if
   not possible to upgrade. Possibly we introduce an option that makes libcurl
@@ -30,10 +31,10 @@ HTTP2 with libcurl
 
  Over an https:// URL
 
-  If CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION is set to CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2, libcurl will use ALPN
-  (or NPN) to negotiate which protocol to continue with. Possibly introduce an
-  option that will cause libcurl to fail if not possible to use http2.
-  Consider options to explicitly disable ALPN and/or NPN.
+  If CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION is set to CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0, libcurl will use
+  ALPN (or NPN) to negotiate which protocol to continue with. Possibly
+  introduce an option that will cause libcurl to fail if not possible to use
+  http2.  Consider options to explicitly disable ALPN and/or NPN.
 
   ALPN is the TLS extension that http2 is expected to use. The NPN extension
   is for a similar purpose, was made prior to ALPN and is used for SPDY so
@@ -51,15 +52,16 @@ SSL libs
     GnuTLS:   ALPN
     PolarSSL: ALPN
 
-Alt-Svc
+HTTP Alternative Services
 
-  Alt-Svc is a suggested new header with a corresponding frame (ALTSVC) in
+  Alt-Svc is a suggested extension with a corresponding frame (ALTSVC) in
   http2 that tells the client about an alternative "route" to the same content
   for the same origin server that you get the response from. A browser or
   long-living client can use that hint to create a new connection
   asynchronously.  For libcurl, we may introduce a way to bring such clues to
   the applicaton and/or let a subsequent request use the alternate route
-  automatically.
+  automatically. Spec:
+  http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-alt-svc-05
 
 Applications
 
@@ -70,8 +72,16 @@ curl tool
 
   curl offers the --http2 command line option to enable use of http2
 
-To consider:
+TODO:
+
+  - Implement multiplexing
 
   - How to tell libcurl when using the multi interface that all or some of the
     handles are allowed to re-use the same physical connection. Can we just
     re-use existing pipelining logic?
+
+  - Provide API to set priorities / dependencies of individual streams
+
+  - Implement "prior-knowledge" HTTP/2 connecitons over clear text so that
+    curl can connect with HTTP/2 at once without 1.1+Upgrade.
+
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