- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:13:47 +0200
- To: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@gbiv.com>
- CC: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>, David Morris <dwm@xpasc.com>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>, Martin Atkins <mart@degeneration.co.uk>
On 19.07.2010 21:06, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > ... >> Proposed patch:<http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/attachment/ticket/146/> >> >> This makes the default reason phrase for 405 "Method Not Supported", and also replaces "allowed" by "supported" in the context of 405/Allow. > > I don't believe that makes any sense. Why the methods are allowed > (or others disallowed) is none of the client's business. It certainly > has nothing to do with "support" (as in implemented). > ... OK, then we may need a different term. "Allow" has caused people to think it has to do with access rights, thus confusing 405 with 403. Best regards, Julian
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