Re: Issue 160 (Redirects and non-GET methods) from Julian Reschke on 2010-09-22 (ietf-http-wg@w3.org from July to September 2010)

From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:08:21 +0200
To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
CC: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Message-ID: <4C9A7045.3010503@gmx.de>

On 22.09.2010 22:55, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:50:52 +0200, Julian Reschke
> <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote:
>> We cab *allow* it for certain methods, but why allow it for more
>> methods than it's needed for?
>
> Because it is more consistent and will encourage people to use that what
> actually works everywhere and for every method (if they really want that
> behavior).

Well, it's not consistent with non-browser clients, with XmlHTTPRequest 
(ActiveX), or IE.

Also, what about HEAD? Or OPTIONS?

Best regards, Julian

Received on Wednesday, 22 September 2010 21:09:01 UTC