Brandon Mitchell

> Perhaps this is a problem only with manifests that reference tags instead of digests? A descriptor points to a content addressable value by its OCI digest. There's no such...

> This spec should either: > > * Make explicit that it uses the standard HTTP headers with non-conforming syntax requirement, where custom validation and parsing must be implemented or...

Adding to the cons of option 1, some registries are stateless, without a transaction log of changes per repository. Coordinating timestamps in a distributed ecosystem is also problematic (a client...

> Additionally, in the [conformance tests](https://github.com/opencontainers/distribution-spec/blob/main/conformance/04_management_test.go#L106-L126), after performing a delete call, it is valid to receive back a `404` __OR__ a `200` when immediately trying to `GET` that same manifest....