apply IE caching "fix" to automatically serve up all pages expired

Author: Richard Jones

CHANGES.txt

@@ -48,9 +48,10 @@ Fixed:
 2004-10-?? 0.7.10
 Fixed:
 - reset ID counters if the database is cleared (thanks William)
+- apply IE caching "fix" to automatically serve up all pages expired
 
 
-2004-10-?? 0.7.9
+2004-10-26 0.7.9
 Feature:
 - DateHTMLProperty.field() accepts format string (thanks Wil Cooley)
 

doc/index.txt

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Mike Thompson,
 Martin Uzak,
 Darryl VanDorp,
 J Vickroy,
-William,
+William (Wilk),
 Chris Withers.
 
 

doc/installation.txt

@@ -334,6 +334,10 @@ The ``adsutil.vbs`` file can be found in either ``c:\inetpub\adminscripts``
 or ``c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\adminsamples\`` or
 ``c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\adminscripts\`` depending on your installation.
 
+More information about ISS setup may be found at:
+
+   http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B276494
+
 Copy the ``cgi-bin/roundup.cgi`` file to your web server's ``cgi-bin``
 directory. You will need to configure it to tell it where your tracker home
 is. You can do this either:

roundup/cgi/client.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: client.py,v 1.210 2004-11-24 05:16:15 a1s Exp $
+# $Id: client.py,v 1.211 2004-12-03 22:19:41 richard Exp $
 
 """WWW request handler (also used in the stand-alone server).
 """
@@ -247,10 +247,13 @@ def inner_main(self):
             # pages with messages added expire right now
             # simple views may be cached for a small amount of time
             # TODO? make page expire time configurable
-            if self.error_message or self.ok_message:
-                date = time.time() - 1
-            else:
-                date = time.time() + 5
+            # <rj> always expire pages, as IE just doesn't seem to do the
+            # right thing here :(
+            date = time.time() - 1
+            #if self.error_message or self.ok_message:
+            #    date = time.time() - 1
+            #else:
+            #    date = time.time() + 5
             self.additional_headers['Expires'] = rfc822.formatdate(date)
 
             # render the content