Re: #310, was: #160: Redirects and non-GET methods

Is this going to confuse new readers?

Can we clarify with something like


"""
...perform a retrieval request (i.e., a GET, unless the original method was HEAD)...
"""

?

On 31/08/2011, at 6:54 PM, Julian Reschke wrote:

> On 2011-08-08 10:10, Julian Reschke wrote:
>> On 2011-08-08 09:25, Mark Nottingham wrote:
>>> Yes; please go ahead and open one.
>>> ...
>> 
>> -> <http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/310>
> 
> Roy came up with a new intro for 303:
> 
>   The 303 status code indicates that the server is redirecting the
>   user agent to a different resource, as indicated by a URI in the
>   Location header field, that is intended to provide an indirect
>   response to the original request.  In order to satisfy the original
>   request, a user agent SHOULD perform a retrieval request using the
>   Location URI, which may itself be redirected further, and present
>   the eventual result as an answer to the original request.
>   Note that the new URI in the Location header field is not considered
>   equivalent to the effective request URI.
> 
> ...which as a side effect avoids the explicit mention of GET; so I think we can close #310.
> 
> See <http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/changeset/1421>.
> 
> Best regards, Julian

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