On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 11:39:03AM +0300, George Danchev wrote: > On Sunday 23 July 2006 11:25, Russ Allbery wrote: > > George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I don't see /var/www mentioned in FHS, and we have bunch of web-based > > > applications (think of whatever www-based admin package, like phppgadmin > > > for instance) and these packages at some point need to install their > > > files in some document root directory and it will probably be under /srv > > > in the future. > > > > I've never understood why such applications don't install their files > > under /usr/share. At least with Apache, there's no need to install files > > under the document root; you can use Alias directives and similar > > techniques to serve files from anywhere in the file system. I assume > > other full-featured web servers have similar capabilities. > > Ops, you are right. Good web app packages (like phppgadmin) install their > files under /usr/share. In fact such apps either insist on having a > particular webserver installed if they need a special feature, or in case > they are too generic then depends: on the webserver virtual package, so I > believe the webserver type is not a problem. >
This issue with regards to webservers has been extensively discussed[0] :) Have a look at the WebApps common work[] that we've done for more info on how we see webapps working. Cheers, Neil [0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-webapps/2005/06/msg00035.html [1] http://webapps-common.alioth.debian.org/draft/html/ -- A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? gpg key - http://www.halon.org.uk/pubkey.txt ; the.earth.li B345BDD3 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
