Re: Annotations database down; GET still returns 200

Eric Prud'hommeaux wrote:


> Whether "no annotations found" is a 404 has been a long standing issue.
> A stronger case could be made for "no annotations found 'cause the db
> isnt abswering." The hope was that people could play with the server
> even if it wasn't talking to a database. Perhaps they could "play with"
> it even if they got error messages back? thinking...

The problem is for a tool trying to use the database: it has no 
indication of the error status.

Matthew