- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 10:21:23 +1000
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
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 -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
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