[Mageia-dev] changing apache configuration handling

Wed Sep 14 11:06:05 CEST 2011

'Twas brillig, and Guillaume Rousse at 14/09/11 09:06 did gyre and gimble:
+> - keep current behaviour, by removing conditionals in configuration
+> file. This means no additional configuration needed, but also than
+> installing implies usage.
+
+I much prefer this.
+
+e.g. the file /etc/httpd/modules.d/70_mod_php.conf just drops the
+<IfDefine HAVE_PHP5> bit.
+
+I really don't know what additional benefit the defines give you. Sure
+you could then relatively easily run two version of httpd (e.g. on
+different ports) one with a cut down install (e.g. no PHP for a static
+site or similar), but IMO it's much more common to use a separate server
+(e.g. lighthttpd) for this.
+
+Varnish also kinda masks why this would be needed due to allowing lots
+of different configurations of the underlying system.
+
+So, as I cannot think of any real-world benefits to the defines, I think
+they should be dropped.
+
+That said, if he's about online, it might be worthwhile asking Oden
+about it to see what he things generally (not Mageia specific)?
+
+Col
+
+
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