On Dec 06, 2006, at 17:19 , Zed A. Shaw wrote: > 1) Should Mongrel support a larger set of default mime types?
Absolutely. > 2) What should those defaults be? Post a YAML file somewhere so I > can compare the various answers. After reading through the previous posts from last night, My list matches Ezra's at http://pastie.caboo.se/26234 > 3) What should be the default mime type if a file doesn't match? application/octet-stream > 3a) Where do you get this default? Default for Lighttpd > 4) Would anyone object to Mongrel moving the default mime type list > into a YAML file in the source tree that it loads? **You'd still > be able to override like normal.** Sounds like a great idea, this also would allow for people to override the defaults for an entire server (shared hosting environments). > 5) If your favorite web server does it a particular way, do you > actually think this is the real standard or just what that web > server does? Apache is pretty much the best "standard" to follow in this area I believe. > 5a) Do you think this default could be improved on depending on the > situation? Think development vs. production deployments. This would be useful in my opinion. ~Wayne _______________________________________________ Mongrel-users mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-users
