I think we'll want to make those 302s given that UAs may make the redirects
permanent without consideration for Vary: headers, some of which the UA
won't actually know. Will add that to the RFC shortly.


On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Yuri Astrakhan
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Based on many ideas that were put forth, I would like to seek comments on
> this ZERO design. This HTML will be rendered for both M and ZERO subdomains
> if varnish detects that request is coming from a zero partner. M and ZERO
> will be identical except for the images - ZERO substitutes images with
> links to File:xxx namespace through a redirector.
>
> * All non-local links always point to a redirector. On javascript capable
> devices, it will load carrier configuration and replace the link with local
> confirmation dialog box or direct link. Without javascript, redirector will
> either silently 301-redirect or show confirmation HTML. Links to images on
> ZERO.wiki and all external links are done in similar way.
>
> * The banner is an ESI link to */w/api.php?action=zero&banner=250-99* -
> returns HTML <div> blob of the banner. (Not sure if banner ID should be
> part of the URL)
>
> Expected cache fragmentation for each wiki page:
> * per subdomain (M|ZERO)
> * if M - per "isZeroCarrier" (TRUE|FALSE). if ZERO - always TRUE.
> 3 variants is much better then one per carrier ID * 2 per subdomain.
>
> P.S.
> Redirector is a Special:Zero page, but if speed is an issue, it could be an
> API calls (which seem to load much faster). The API call would redirect to
> the target, or could either redirect to the special page for confirmation
> rendering, or output HTML itself (no skin support, but avoids an extra
> redirect). Might not be worth it as javascript will be available on most of
> our target platforms now or soon.
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