93258 - URL - rfc1738 - "If the port is omitted, the colon is as well."

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Networking, defect)

Description

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Communicator keeps all the follwoing cases unchanged:

http://www.packetgram.com/ 
http://www.packetgram.com:80/ 
http://www.packetgram.com:/ 

mozilla seems to have two behaviors worth noting:

1- If the default port = specified port, make the ":port" disappear.
2- If "If the port is omitted, the colon is as well." (from 3.1), Necko seems 
to corrrect the URL by removing the ":"

I tested the URL/location bar + links w/ Open New Window.

Probably some people are going to find #1 offensive (scc has strong feelings 
about this). Others are going to argue #1 helps with user transparency to port 
numbers.

Probably #2 is a feature. I can't think of an exact example, but it might also 
rationalize really badly written URLs where someone messed up the 
"username:password" portion of a URL that uses "Common Internet Scheme Syntax".

I'm basically creating this bug so I can relnote the behavior.

Comment 1

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RESOLVED/WFM:
RELNOTE TEXT:
Netscape 6 will automatically hid unecessary port information in URLs.

If a ":" appears without a port number, the ":" will be removed.
http://www.netscape.com:/ -> http://www.netscape.com/

If the port in the URL is default port, the port information will be removed.
http://www.netscape.com:80/ -> http://www.netscape.com/

Comment 2

[benc]

not submitting to NS6.1 relnote due to limited impact. Possible for a "fully
annotated networking release ntoes..."

Comment 3

[benc]

reporter:

This bug is a "futured" or "untargeted" bug which has been "resolved/works for
me". Most bugs meeting this criteria are usually somewhat out of date or working
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