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hgweb: remove support for POST form data (BC)

Previously, we called out to cgi.parse(), which for POST requests
parsed multipart/form-data and application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Type requests for form data, combined it with query string
parameters, returned a union of the values.

As far as I know, nothing in Mercurial actually uses this mechanism
to submit data to the HTTP server. The wire protocol has its own
mechanism for passing parameters. And the web interface only does
GET requests. Removing support for parsing POST data doesn't break
any tests.

Another reason to not like this feature is that cgi.parse() may
modify the QUERY_STRING environment variable as a side-effect.
In addition, it merges both POST data and the query string into
one data structure. This prevents consumers from knowing whether
a variable came from the query string or POST data. That can matter
for some operations.

I suspect we use cgi.parse() because back when this code was
initially implemented, it was the function that was readily
available. In other words, I don't think there was conscious
choice to support POST data: we just got it because cgi.parse()
supported it.

Since nothing uses the feature and it is untested, let's remove
support for parsing POST form data. We can add it back in easily
enough if we need it in the future.

.. bc::

   Hgweb no longer reads form data in POST requests from
   multipart/form-data and application/x-www-form-urlencoded
   requests. Arguments should be specified as URL path components
   or in the query string in the URL instead.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D2774

https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/1175

  $ hg init
  $ touch a
  $ hg ci -Am0
  adding a

  $ hg mv a a1
  $ hg ci -m1

  $ hg co 0
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved

  $ hg mv a a2
  $ hg up
  note: possible conflict - a was renamed multiple times to:
   a2
   a1
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

  $ hg ci -m2

  $ touch a
  $ hg ci -Am3
  adding a

  $ hg mv a b
  $ hg ci -Am4 a

  $ hg ci --debug --traceback -Am5 b
  committing files:
  b
  warning: can't find ancestor for 'b' copied from 'a'!
  committing manifest
  committing changelog
  updating the branch cache
  committed changeset 5:83a687e8a97c80992ba385bbfd766be181bfb1d1

  $ hg verify
  checking changesets
  checking manifests
  crosschecking files in changesets and manifests
  checking files
  4 files, 6 changesets, 4 total revisions

  $ hg export --git tip
  # HG changeset patch
  # User test
  # Date 0 0
  #      Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  # Node ID 83a687e8a97c80992ba385bbfd766be181bfb1d1
  # Parent  1d1625283f71954f21d14c3d44d0ad3c019c597f
  5
  
  diff --git a/b b/b
  new file mode 100644

https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4476

  $ hg init foo
  $ cd foo
  $ touch a && hg ci -Aqm a
  $ hg mv a b
  $ echo b1 >> b
  $ hg ci -Aqm b1
  $ hg up 0
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ hg mv a b
  $ echo b2 >> b
  $ hg ci -Aqm b2
  $ hg graft 1
  grafting 1:5974126fad84 "b1"
  merging b
  warning: conflicts while merging b! (edit, then use 'hg resolve --mark')
  abort: unresolved conflicts, can't continue
  (use 'hg resolve' and 'hg graft --continue')
  [255]
  $ echo a > b
  $ echo b3 >> b
  $ hg resolve --mark b
  (no more unresolved files)
  continue: hg graft --continue
  $ hg graft --continue
  grafting 1:5974126fad84 "b1"
  warning: can't find ancestor for 'b' copied from 'a'!
  $ hg log -f b -T 'changeset:   {rev}:{node|short}\nsummary:     {desc}\n\n'
  changeset:   3:376d30ccffc0
  summary:     b1
  
  changeset:   2:416baaa2e5e4
  summary:     b2
  
  changeset:   0:3903775176ed
  summary:     a