Return to not raising an exception when response.redirect() is called

CHANGES.rst

@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ Bugs Fixed
 - Use unicode transaction-notes to support ZODB 5.
   [pbauer]
 
+- Don't raise an exception when `WSGIResponse.redirect` is called
+  (these redirects should be followed even when the test browser uses
+  `handleErrors = False`).
+  [davisagli]
+
+
 Features Added
 ++++++++++++++
 

src/ZPublisher/HTTPResponse.py

@@ -1010,13 +1010,13 @@ def unauthorized(self):
         raise exc
 
     def redirect(self, location, status=302, lock=0):
-        """Cause a redirection."""
+        """Cause a redirection without raising an error"""
         if isinstance(location, HTTPRedirection):
-            raise location
-
-        exc = Redirect(str(location))
-        exc.setStatus(status)
-        raise exc
+            status = location.getStatus()
+        location = str(location)
+        self.setStatus(status, lock=lock)
+        self.setHeader('Location', location)
+        return location
 
     def exception(self, fatal=0, info=None, abort=1):
         if isinstance(info, tuple) and len(info) == 3:

src/ZPublisher/tests/test_pubevents.py

@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ class _Request(BaseRequest):
     response = WSGIResponse()
     _hacked_path = False
     args = ()
+    environ = {}
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
         BaseRequest.__init__(self, *args, **kw)