> I wonder if Rails will fix the default implementation of handling HEAD requests
It absolutely should. Nobody expected Rails to covertly turn HEAD into GET. It must be explicit "get_or_head" method in routes.rb
It absolutely should. Nobody expected Rails to covertly turn HEAD into GET. It must be explicit "get_or_head" method in routes.rb
But I do agree with your point that routing of HEAD requests should be explicit.
Pardon my poor wording indeed, I intended to mean this too.