- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:06:05 +0100
- To: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- CC: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@gbiv.com>, Amos Jeffries <squid3@treenet.co.nz>, ietf-http-wg@w3.org
On 2011-12-07 09:53, Mark Nottingham wrote: > > On 07/12/2011, at 7:46 PM, Julian Reschke wrote: >>> I disagree. All 3xx codes are redirects and only some of those MAY >>> be followed with automatic redirection -- the ones with a Location >>> header field indicating the preferred redirect target. The default >>> behavior applies if the recipient does not know the new code. >>> ... >> >> Indeed: >> >> "If the server has a preferred choice of representation, it SHOULD include the specific URI for that representation in the Location field; user agents MAY use the Location field value for automatic redirection." >> >> So for new 3xx responses that come with "Location", UAs MAY use it for automatic redirection. But then, they don't have to. > > So, it sounds like we need a new paragraph (or similar) in p2 8.3 redirection... To say what? A 3xx with Location is more like 302 then 300? Best regards, Julian
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