[10188] in www-talk@info.cern.ch
Re: Problems with code "302 Moved Temporarily"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry Masinter)
Tue Aug 6 20:13:51 1996
To: raj@cisco.com
Cc: www-talk@w3.org
In-Reply-To: <v03007812ae2d6d5b297d@[171.69.113.53]> (message from Richard
Johnson on Tue, 6 Aug 1996 15:46:26 PDT)
From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 17:09:36 PDT
Resent-From: www-talk@w3.org
Richard Johnson <raj@cisco.com> wrote:
> I talked with Netscape about this problem and while they admit that their
> handling of a code "302" is not as it should be, they also pointed out that
> since the RFC uses the words, "... the client SHOULD continue to use the
> Request-URI for future requests", Netscape has no motivation to change
> their incorrect behavior. I am sure the same analysis could easily be made
> of all other browsers and thus it seems as if the code "302" will mostly
> likely not reach its intended level of use simply because browser designers
> are clearly allowed to handle this code in a way inconsistent with its
> intent.
but HTTP says:
> SHOULD
> This word or the adjective "recommended" means that there may exist
> valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore this item, but
> the full implications should be understood and the case carefully
> weighed before choosing a different course.
so what are the "valid reasons"?
- Larry
