>From this point the discussion is switched to the thread "Content compressed FAQ". See you there!
Thanks, Slava ----- Original Message ----- From: "Perrin Harkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Slava Bizyayev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 10:20 AM Subject: Re: How practical is that Practical mod_perl? > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 03:46, Slava Bizyayev wrote: > > Every good book about mod_perl achievements can result in better contracts > > for each of us and can bring aboard new talented contributors. A bad book > > can damage/destroy public interest and finally can kill this technology. > > There are many bad books about Perl and they haven't killed it. > Regardless, I think what you're forgetting here is that you are > complaining about a problem that is very obscure. > > > Personally I fail to understand: Why would I > > hesitate to ask list for a help being ordered to write (or review) things in > > which I feel not quite expert? > > Stas asked many times for people to review the book, and some of us did. > > If I were writing a book and wanted to include a small example of > compression, I would expect that reading the FAQ, reading the POD for > the modules, and testing one of them out with whatever browsers I have > handy would be enough. I would not feel the need to run an exhaustive > test of every browser ever made just for a couple of pages in a huge > book that is mostly about other things. > > > To date there are no other module around > > with close set of properties and options... And I can not write this in my > > FAQ myself. Because it would be reasonably considered an impolite behavior. > > You can write the simple facts of the situation. The things you just > mentioned on the list about Netscape 4 support are not in the FAQ. > Neither is Apache::CompressClientFixup. You need to put them there, or > no one will know about these issues. > > For example, you could add a section like this: > > Q: Are there any known problems with specific browsers? > > A: Yes, Netscape 4 has problems with compressed cascading style sheets > and JavaScript files. Apache::Dynagzip handles this by detecting > Netscape 4 and leaving those files uncompressed. If you are using one > of the other modules, you can use Apache::CompressClientFixup to disable > compression for these files. > > ... You get the idea. As long as you talk about specific issues and > don't generally slam the other modules, no one will be upset by it. > > - Perrin >
