Re: 301/302
Foteos Macrides (MACRIDES@SCI.WFBR.EDU)
Wed, 30 Jul 1997 15:06:32 -0500 (EST)
Klaus Weide <kweide@tezcat.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Roy T. Fielding wrote:
>
>> As Foteos hinted, swapping the meaning of 302 and 303 is a solution
>> to the implementation problem. I don't think it would affect Apache much.
>> However, it would require universal agreement among the rest of the
>> implementers, and it would require recycling HTTP/1.1 as Proposed
>> and not as a Draft Standard. It is not something to be taken lightly.
>
>I hope the idea of just "swapping" 302 and 303 is not being entertained
>seriously. 303 is a clean thing and doesn't need to be fixed - don't
>dump the problem on those who have tried to do the right thing.[1]
>[...]
>[1] There probably aren't many who use 303. But at least the lynx mailing
> list has directed people with problems to read the HTTP specs (RFC
> 1945, then the 1.1 draft and later RFC), to read the "Note:"s in the
> 301 and 302 descriptions, and to use 303.
It's a matter of personal opinion whether passing the buck to
the user via an option to use the 303 behavior for a 302 is a solution
to the problem, or just a "workaround kludge" for an unsolved problem.
I certainly didn't intend for that to be treated as anything more than
one of Fote's workaround kludges.
Fote
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