[Zope3-dev] Relative links

Chris Withers chrisw@nipltd.com
Fri, 29 Mar 2002 16:53:07 +0000


Shane Hathaway wrote:
> 
> I wish it were reliable to encode the BASE tag in the HTTP headers, as
> Chris suggested, which would be the best solution.

Maybe my subconscious wrote something in my sleep but I can't find it. Dunno why
anyone would think I would support BASE tags in any way shape or form.

...oh:

> 
> > Chris McDonough wrote:
> >> If the browser manufacturers implemented HTTP/1.1 Content-Location and/or
> >> Content-Base properly, it would not be necessary.  See
> >> http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-coders/2001-November/000460.html . I
> >> believe the only other option with the current state of affairs is
> >> redirection to "container/" when you visit a containerish object.

...another Chris ;-)

Well, the fact is they don't. And I think Apache's solution probably makes a
good benchmark...

cheers,

Chris