[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 16269] WebKit fails WICD XMLHttpRequest gzip'd content test

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http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16269


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------- Comment #8 from ap at webkit.org  2007-12-26 01:41 PDT -------
The headers are a bit weird still - I think they trigger a CFNetwork heuristic
for misconfigured servers, and it decides that the file is supposed to be
downloaded as is, not decoded and displayed. Namely,

1. The file has a .tgz extension.
2. Its Content-Type is text/plain.
3. Its Content-Encoding is gzip.

(1) and (2) look highly improbable in combination.

So, while this test is now formally valid, it still pushes the limits a bit.
OTOH, it's clearly a bug that CFNetwork's heuristic for main resources is
enabled for XMLHttpRequest responses (and for subresources, see bug 10409, bug
9521).

We need a way to suppress this CFNetwork heuristic.


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