On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 02:47:19PM -0500, Shawn Walker wrote: >> Perhaps the except statement should be more specific? (IndexError, >> IllegalDotSequence, IllegalVersion) > > I initially took that approach, but abandoned it for reasons I explain > later.
I don't mean in order to be able to send a 400 instead of a 404, just so that you don't inadvertently catch KeyboardInterrupt or SystemExit. I'm always wary of a bare except statement. > I initially went for the 400 Bad Request response using specific > exceptions. > > However, from a RESTful perspective, isn't a 404 more appropriate (since > they have to provide a full fmri)? It would seem to me that if we were > serving /manifest/ via a "standard" web server or cdn, that we should just > treat it is a "resource request." So, malformed uris simply don't exist > (404). > > Agree, disagree, torn as I am? Fair argument. I'm don't care too much, and we can always change it later if we find a good reason to. Danek _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
