have a single client parameter http_version instead of http1 and http2

[lewoudar]

Hi folks,
I think it would be a great idea to simplify how to designate the http version we want to work with. Currently clients have two arguments http1 and http2. The problem with this is that when we want to support other versions like http3, we will have to add additional parameters.
With a single parameter http_version taking values like h1, h2 we will reduce (slightly) the number of arguments passed to the client.

[lovelydinosaur]

We do have some users who want to be able to specify "force HTTP2", while others who want "HTTP2 if it's available, otherwise HTTP1". I think we'll probably need to stick with separate flags in order to accommodate those kind of different options.

[lewoudar]

oh I see, so http1=True and http2=True is a desired scenario where httpw will first try http2 connection and fallback to http1 if http2 is not supported, right?

[lovelydinosaur]

Yup. In the general case you can't know in advance which HTTP versions the server will support.

(Although the "is this http2 or http1" all happens as part of the SSL negotiation, rather than having to attempt one thing first, and then try the other.)

[lewoudar]

Thanks for the answer