- From: David W. Morris <dwm@xpasc.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 21:09:51 -0700 (PDT)
- To: Klaus Weide <kweide@tezcat.com>
- Cc: Yaron Goland <yarong@microsoft.com>, koen@win.tue.nl, http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com, http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
On Tue, 2 Sep 1997, Klaus Weide wrote: > On Tue, 2 Sep 1997, Yaron Goland wrote: > > > The 307 solution does not work because older scripts running on new > > servers still send out 302 expecting a redirect to GET. We will break > > all those scripts. Breaking those scripts is not an acceptable solution. > > The 302/303 swap, on the other hand, does not break the huge base of > > deployed scripts. There really is no other realistic option but to swap > > 302/303. > > Yaron > > You must have misunderstood the "307 solution". There is nothing in > it that prevents browsers from continuing to do with 302 whatever they > do now. Therefore there is nothing to break existing scripts. > > Please see <http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/http/hypermail/1997q3/0402.html>. Yes, the point of the 307 solution was specifically to NOT change any current practice. No chance of breaking any use of 303 by swapping 302 and 303 either. Dave Morris
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