- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 11:33:47 +1000
- To: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Cc: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On 01/09/2011, at 11:31 AM, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > On Aug 31, 2011, at 5:21 PM, Mark Nottingham wrote: > >> Is this going to confuse new readers? > > New readers don't know what retrieval means? Considering all of the issues we've had with other redirects and methods, I'm wary of making it more abstract... >> Can we clarify with something like >> >> >> """ >> ...perform a retrieval request (i.e., a GET, unless the original method was HEAD)... >> """ > > The problem is that the redirect might be to any URI, > and thus the next request might not be HTTP. Ah. How about "... perform a retrieval request (in HTTP, a GET, unless the original method was HEAD)..." -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
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