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6227	Make HttpResponseRedirect RFC compilant.	Piotr Lewandowski <django@…>	nobody	"The [http://rfc.net/rfc2616.html#s10.3.4 RFC2616] states in 10.3.4 that:
{{{
   The response to the request can be found under a different URI and
   SHOULD be retrieved using a GET method on that resource. This method
   exists primarily to allow the output of a POST-activated script to
   redirect the user agent to a selected resource. The new URI is not a
   substitute reference for the originally requested resource.
}}}

[http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/request_response/#httpresponse-subclasses HttpResponseRedirect] is often used as a redirection after POST request (such case is present in [http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/tutorial04/#write-a-simple-form tutorial]).

Current code:
{{{
#!python
class HttpResponseRedirect(HttpResponse):
    status_code = 302
}}}

Should be:
{{{
#!python
class HttpResponseRedirect(HttpResponse):
    status_code = 303
}}}

Unfortunately this change is backwards-incompatible."		closed	HTTP handling	dev		invalid	rfc2616 http redirect post		Design decision needed	1	0	0	0	0	0