From: Ben Darnell <ben@bendarnell.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 17:23:27 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Release notes for 302/303 change.
X-Git-Tag: v3.0.0~229
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=958301dd9612969450daf4fd361dd0ad81138b22;p=thirdparty%2Ftornado.git

Release notes for 302/303 change.
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diff --git a/website/sphinx/releases/next.rst b/website/sphinx/releases/next.rst
index bb62777bf..391c90aeb 100644
--- a/website/sphinx/releases/next.rst
+++ b/website/sphinx/releases/next.rst
@@ -152,3 +152,7 @@ In progress
   `TornadoReactor`, which bridges the gap in the other direction).
 * `AsyncHTTPTestCase` no longer calls `AsyncHTTPClient.close` for tests
   that use the singletion `IOLoop.instance`.
+* When following redirects, `SimpleAsyncHTTPClient` now treats a 302
+  response code the same as a 303.  This is contrary to the HTTP spec
+  but consistent with all browsers and other major HTTP clients
+  (including `CurlAsyncHTTPClient`).