- WebDAV: removing an non-existing property now returns a HTTP
        200-OK response instead of 404 (now compliant with RFC 2518)

doc/CHANGES.txt

@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ Zope Changes
       - Collector #285: Zope changes its working directory
         to the var directory at startup
 
+      - WebDAV: removing an non-existing property now returns a HTTP
+        200-OK response instead of 404 (now compliant with RFC 2518)
+
       - Fixed a bug in TM.py that would cause database adapters to hang
         on errors in the second phase of the two-phase commit.
 
@@ -115,6 +118,7 @@ Zope Changes
       - Collector #266: Retried requests losing track of http request
         headers, causing Connection:Close requests to stall
 
+>>>>>>> 1.440
   Zope 2.5.1 beta 1
     
     Bugs Fixed

lib/python/webdav/davcmds.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 """WebDAV xml request objects."""
 
-__version__='$Revision: 1.17 $'[11:-2]
+__version__='$Revision: 1.18 $'[11:-2]
 
 import sys, os
 from common import absattr, aq_base, urlfix, urlbase
@@ -241,8 +241,9 @@ class PropPatch:
                 name, ns=value
                 propset=propsets.get(ns, None)
                 if propset is None or not propset.hasProperty(name):
-                    errors.append('Property not found: %s' % name)
-                    status='404 Not Found'
+                    # removing a non-existing property is not an error!
+                    # according to RFC 2518                    
+                    status='200 OK'
                 else:
                     try: propset._delProperty(name)
                     except: