OpenShift's using the PATCH http method in links for protocol 1.6 (will those links get backported?).
The OpenShift java client does not support any method that differs from GET, POST, PUT, DELETE and should support links that use the PATCH http method.

(06:35:55 PM) clayton: we're adding PATCH methods and I'm ensuring that the client tools will be future compatible when that happens
(06:36:06 PM) clayton: they'll only be in API 1.6 but want to fix it now