https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40032
--- Comment #6 from Daniel Kinzler <[email protected]> 2012-09-07 07:42:00 UTC --- (In reply to comment #5) > Why does an HTTP error need to be served at all? Couldn't there be a simple > notice like we used to serve for empty pages be displayed? e.g. > > /* This page uses a content model that is not supported by action=raw */ Because *programs* use this, and programs don't understand comments. They'd just take that as the actual page text, possibly using it as the basis for an edit etc. We can serve such a comment, but it must be accompanied by a 4xx response code. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
