-----Original Message-----
From: William A. Rowe, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 1:02 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: .asis handler isn't driven
From: "Greg Ames" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 11:44 AM
> "William A. Rowe, Jr." wrote:
>
>> A lot of these just sound like configuration errors. I don't think we
>> should write a lot of code to deal with them. If we serve an arbitrary
>> file, fine; if we produce an error message, also fine, as long as our
>> code kept simple.
> The directory CONTENTS cannot be construed as a config error.
> Very often the admin (configurator) has nothing to do with the author
> who is populating the directory.
> IMHO, if we have unpredictable behavior due to directory -contents-,
> then mod_negotiation is broken.
William is correct. Unpredictable behavior *means* broken. If you
relegate this to documentation you will have many people who will chalk
unpredictable behavior up as a buggy mod_negotiation.
> If we can agree on some scheme to handle examples, such as the above,
> then I could begin to have some confidence. If we can't -clearly-
> document the expected behavior (whatever we agree that is), then it
> is too complex for reason. And if it's too complex to configure or
> administer, I'm willing to propose we drop mod_negotation entirely.
> In the words of many administrators, "It shouldn't be this hard to
> understand."
> Bill
Paul E Wilt
Principal Software Engineer
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