Github user afs commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/jena/pull/82#issuecomment-116589395
I disagree a bit about POST - yes, it's not nice REST but it is
pragmatically useful to ensure up-to-date information (the client can force it
even if the server or proxies decide to cache).
HEAD - completely agree. I think the body may be chopped anyway but I'd
need to check.
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