On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Martin Cooper wrote:
> Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 18:06:31 -0700 > From: Martin Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Struts Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: 'Struts Developers List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: cvs commit: > jakarta-struts/src/share/org/apache/struts/taglib /html FormTag.java > > Why was this changed? The change makes Struts break compliance with the HTTP > spec, which states: > > ----- > 5.1.1 Method > > The Method token indicates the method to be performed on the resource > identified by the Request-URI. The method is case-sensitive. > ----- > > The method value for a post request is specified as "POST", not "post". > > Please change this back. > The value included in an HTML page (as defined in the HTML spec) has no direct relationship with the value a browser sends on the first line of a request (as defined in the HTTP spec). In fact, the references to the "get" and "post" values in the HTML spec are almost universally in lower case. This is not a reason to change them back (although the original upper case values did not violate XHTML either). > -- > Martin Cooper Craig -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:struts-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:struts-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
