[patch] HttpResponseNotAllowed to return '405's

[Ian@…]

from RFC 2616: An origin server SHOULD return the status code 405 (Method Not Allowed) if the method is known by the origin server but not allowed for the requested resource.

Index: /magik/django/http/__init__.py
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--- /magik/django/http/__init__.py      (revision 2704)
+++ /magik/django/http/__init__.py      (working copy)
@@ -265,6 +265,11 @@
         HttpResponse.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
         self.status_code = 403
 
+class HttpResponseNotAllowed(HttpResponse):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        HttpResponse.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.status_code = 405
+
 class HttpResponseGone(HttpResponse):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         HttpResponse.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)

[Malcolm Tredinnick]

This is a pre-requisite to fixing #2185.

[Malcolm Tredinnick]

(In [3144]) Fixed #1646 -- Added HttpResponseNotAllowed, as suggested by Ian Holsman.