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They go in /var/lib/foo. If they are supposed to +</I>><i> be editable by the application directly from the web interface, they +</I>><i> should be owned by apache user and apache group.” +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Could we create a generic group (webserver for instance) to allow +</I>><i> webapps to play nice with these webserver ? +</I> +i think we could call it www-data so we can play nice in multidistro +environment with idmapping (or possibly even no idmapping). + +><i> Same goes for logfiles and config files containing sensitive +</I>><i> informations. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I would also be in favor of creating subpackages for webapps that +</I>><i> provides better integration with apache such as files in +</I>><i> /etc/httpd/conf/webapps.d/. +</I> +i'm in favor of webapps that are webserver independant. + +><i> That way, webapps should have a Requires on webserver, and the +</I>><i> subpackage should have one on apache. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Another issue is the owner of /var/www. This directory is owned by +</I>><i> apache-conf. Could we instead make a generic package called +</I>><i> webserver-data for instance that would provide it ? This way each +</I>><i> package providing webserver would have to require webserver-data. +</I> +www-data ? again? + +><i> Finally, that may be a little cosmetic detail, but I would prefer +</I>><i> template files for apache to be in a separate file in SOURCES/ that’s +</I>><i> included instead of creating it in the spec like: +</I>><i> cat > %{buildroot}%{_webappconfdir}/%{name}.conf <<EOF +</I> +agreed + + +One more thing, for apache specific: apache has multiple layouts, and the +current redhat-like one (or even mandriva-one) is not really that easy to +configure. the debian-style layout with vhosting on by default is much easier +imho. (perhaps vhosting by default could be something that all webservers are +set up on.) + +However, this is all great, but we agreed to have mandriva-2010.2 upgrade +paths. so don't forget about that. +</PRE> + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002221.html">[Mageia-dev] Proofreading web applications policy +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002223.html">[Mageia-dev] Importing RPM Spec File Syntax +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2222">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2222">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2222">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2222">[ 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> |