Re: Redirects in g2_import; 302 (current behavior) vs 301 (proposed)

Bharat Mediratta <[email protected]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:40:57 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.gallery.devel
Message-ID <CAESa+_kwKKtYYuxcksz64df9795ryu_LTLGVHZ3-DJsAJi=E2w@mail.gmail.com>
Huh, that's an oversight.  We should be using 301s not 302s because for
most users this will not be a temporary transition.


On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 2:59 AM, Mike Miller <[email protected]> wrote:

> Rather than submit a pull request, I wanted to ask first:
>
> Do you think that the correct API to use in g2_import is
> url::redirect(), which returns a 302 (temporary redirect)? I always
> assumed that the normal case of migration is non-reversible; should we
> send a 301 instead (which, among other things, will tell most search
> engines to stop hitting the old URL)?
>
> Alternatively, do you think this should this be abstracted into an
> option so the user can select 301 or 302?
>
> -- Mike
>
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