Ticket #140: i140.diff

p2-semantics.xml

@@ -1336 +1336 @@
 </t>
 <x:note>
   <t>
-    <x:h>Note:</x:h> <xref target="RFC1945"/> and <xref target="RFC2068"/> specify that the client is not allowed
-    to change the method on the redirected request.  However, most
-    existing user agent implementations treat 302 as if it were a 303
-    response, performing a GET on the Location field-value regardless
-    of the original request method. The status codes 303 and 307 have
-    been added for servers that wish to make unambiguously clear which
-    kind of reaction is expected of the client.
+    <x:h>Note:</x:h> HTTP/1.0 (<xref target="RFC1945" x:fmt="," x:sec="9.3"/>)
+    and the first version of HTTP/1.1 (<xref target="RFC2068" x:fmt="," x:sec ="10.3.3"/>)
+    specify that the client is not allowed to change the method on the
+    redirected request.  However, most existing user agent implementations
+    treat 302 as if it were a 303 response, performing a GET on the Location
+    field-value regardless of the original request method. Therefore, a 
+    previous version of this specification
+    (<xref target="RFC2616" x:fmt="," x:sec="10.3.3"/>) has added the 
+    status codes
+    <xref target="status.303" format="none">303</xref> and
+    <xref target="status.307" format="none">307</xref> for servers that wish
+    to make unambiguously clear which kind of reaction is expected of the
+    client.
   </t>
 </x:note>
 </section>
@@ -3140 +3146 @@
    first created. (<xref target="status.201"/>).
 </t>
 <t>
+   303 (See Also) and 307 (Temporary Redirect) added to address user agent
+   failure to implement status code 302 properly.
+   (Section <xref target="status.303" format="counter"/> and <xref target="status.307" format="counter"/>)
+</t>
+<t>
    Rewrite of message transmission requirements to make it much harder
    for implementors to get it wrong, as the consequences of errors here
    can have significant impact on the Internet, and to deal with the
@@ -3604 +3615 @@
 
 <section title="Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics-07" anchor="changes.since.07">
 <t>
-  None.
+  Closed issues:
+  <list style="symbols"> 
+    <t>
+      <eref target="http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/140"/>:
+      "update note citing RFC 1945 and 2068"
+    </t>
+  </list>
 </t>
 </section>