Re: [PATCH] INSTALL

"B. W. Fitzpatrick" wrote:
>
> [cc's trimmed]
>
> kfogel@collab.net writes:
> > "Sander Striker" <striker@apache.org> writes:
> > > > - 8. Python 2.0
> > > > + 8. Python 2.0 (http://www.python.org)
> > >
> > > http://www.python.org/
> >
> > Are you tacking on slashes? Is that important? (A serious question
> > -- I never knew it made a difference.)
>
> Absolutely. This is one of Greg's huge pet peeves--I'm surprised he
> hasn't pontificated all over you about this at some point in the
> past. :-)
>
> If you don't pass a trailing slash, the webserver will respond to your
> request with a 301 Moved Permanently, and then your browser will
> make *another* request for the actual page. Watch this:

However, this doesn't matter for URLs with only the hostname. The
client has to make a request for something from the server, so it'll
ask for a slash.

% curl -v http://www.red-bean.com |& head
* About to connect() to www.red-bean.com:80
* Connected to sanpietro.red-bean.com (216.127.237.131) port 80
> GET / HTTP/1.1

Best,
Blair

-- 
Blair Zajac <blair@orcaware.com>
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