I'm fine with mod_deflate, my only request will be to make it built by default by configure/make if configure find a zlib shared lib or dll on the build machine.Ok, let be pragmatic. Did Apache HTTP developpers agree that compression should be added in Apache 2.0 by incorporating mod_gzip comp code in Apache 2.0 ?
mod_deflate is already there and it uses an external zlib library, so I'm confused why we should also provide mod_gzip and/or its proprietary compression code.
mod_gzip is freely available, and the ASF doesn't need to distribute it (Remote Communications evangelizes it enough). One of the main reasons for selecting mod_deflate was that it didn't unnecessarily duplicate code. Less code is better. We don't need to repackage zlib. I have no desire for us to compete with the zlib maintainers. We have enough work as-is. -- justinThe idea was to make APR support zlib to make mod_deflate or others modules, I speak about mod_jk2 future requirements, William about mod_proxy current'one.
I think we could have APR hidding zlib the same way it does for DBM.
What do you think ?
