----- "Dan Poirier" <[email protected]> wrote: > Suppose we just make _default_ a synonym of * in virtual host > hostnames? > > Eric brought this up a while back, with little response at the time. > > Right now, you can only use "*" in the hostname of a name-based > virtual > host, and only use "_default_" in the hostname of an IP-based virtual > host. > > Their meanings are similar already, and any subtle differences in how > we've defined them aren't really relevant, since you can't use both > in > the same virtual host anyway, so there's never any need to > distinguish > them. > > So, I'm proposing we simplify the code, and documentation, by making > _default_ just another name for *, and maybe if we see _default_, > issuing a warning that its use is deprecated.
+1 -- especially for the deprecation. My biggest problem with _default_ is folks creating a vhost, putting it anywhere in the configuration, and then wondering why it's not the default vhost.. it is, among many other things, a misnomer. > Thoughts? > > Dan So long, -- Igor Galić Tel: +43 (0) 664 886 22 883 Mail: [email protected] URL: http://brainsware.org/
