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| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/20110118/002221.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/20110118/002221.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..14c404213 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/20110118/002221.html @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] Proofreading web applications policy + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Proofreading%20web%20applications%20policy&In-Reply-To=%3C20110118180700.GA14361%40shikamaru.fr%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="002316.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="002222.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-dev] Proofreading web applications policy</H1> + <B>Remy CLOUARD</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Proofreading%20web%20applications%20policy&In-Reply-To=%3C20110118180700.GA14361%40shikamaru.fr%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] Proofreading web applications policy">shikamaru at mandriva.org + </A><BR> + <I>Tue Jan 18 19:07:00 CET 2011</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002316.html">[Mageia-dev] GLUT (part of mesa srpm) is not GPL... and is quite obsolete ! +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002222.html">[Mageia-dev] Proofreading web applications policy +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2221">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2221">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2221">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2221">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>Hello there, + +I started to have a look at the webapps policy. + +There’s something that has been bugging me for a while, that’s the +apache-centric way of thinking of this policy. + +To me, there are valuable alternatives to apache that deserve to be +treated equally. +Here are the packages that provides webserver + +apache-ssl|apache-mpm-event|apache-mpm-peruser|nginx|lighttpd| +cherokee|apache-mpm-itk|apache-mpm-worker|thttpd|apache-mpm-rsbac| +apache-mpm-prefork|boa + +“These are the files that are susceptible to change during the +application's lifetime. They go in /var/lib/foo. If they are supposed to +be editable by the application directly from the web interface, they +should be owned by apache user and apache group.” + +Could we create a generic group (webserver for instance) to allow +webapps to play nice with these webserver ? + +Same goes for logfiles and config files containing sensitive +informations. + +I would also be in favor of creating subpackages for webapps that +provides better integration with apache such as files in +/etc/httpd/conf/webapps.d/. + +That way, webapps should have a Requires on webserver, and the +subpackage should have one on apache. + +Another issue is the owner of /var/www. This directory is owned by +apache-conf. Could we instead make a generic package called +webserver-data for instance that would provide it ? This way each +package providing webserver would have to require webserver-data. + +Finally, that may be a little cosmetic detail, but I would prefer +template files for apache to be in a separate file in SOURCES/ that’s +included instead of creating it in the spec like: +cat > %{buildroot}%{_webappconfdir}/%{name}.conf <<EOF +-- +Rémy CLOUARD +() ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail +/\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments +-------------- next part -------------- +A non-text attachment was scrubbed... +Name: not available +Type: application/pgp-signature +Size: 230 bytes +Desc: not available +URL: </pipermail/mageia-dev/attachments/20110118/d03ff77a/attachment.asc> +</PRE> + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002316.html">[Mageia-dev] GLUT (part of mesa srpm) is not GPL... and is quite obsolete ! +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002222.html">[Mageia-dev] Proofreading web applications policy +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2221">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2221">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2221">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2221">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |