severity 346030 wishlist tags 346030 + wontfix quit On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 03:33:49PM -0800, Joshua Rodman wrote: > Several httpds, thttpd, fnord, and others default to type text/plain if > the file extension is not in a short compiled-in fixed list. The use of > a compiled in list is a good idea for purposes of chroot, security, etc. > > However, the use of a short fixed list means that many common file types > will not be on the list. Your addition of 'deb' and others to this list > testafies to this. > > When the default is text/plain, this causes unix configfiles and the > like to display nicely in browsers. However, it causes binary files > downloaded by windows clients to become corrupted via the LF -> CR/LF > translation implemented in their (foolish?) operating system. > > Since I do not like my datafiles to be corrupted on download, I have to > manually patch my httpd for every revision that comes out to default the > mime type to application/octet-stream, which is safe for all uses. > Another approach would be to add 30 or so (and growing over time) other > extensions to the fixed list. > > I often get behind in this because it is not really a job or anything, > which means i am often open to compromise or my users are often getting > corrupt downloads. > > I think correct is better than convient, and thus I consider this a bug.
Hi Joshua, I don't want to divert from upstream fnord here, and accept their decision to default to text/plain. If you feel strong about this request, I suggest you contact upstream and try to convince them to change the default content-type. Thanks, Gerrit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
