On Thu. 2010-11-04 at 06:39 PM EDT, Stefan Fritsch <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thursday 04 November 2010, Dan Poirier wrote: >> Before we invent yet another expression language, should we >> consider using something that already exists? E.g. lua? > > Do you want to make lua a requirement for httpd core? Is lua available > for all plattforms that httpd runs on? Is lua fast enough for being > used in e.g. mod_filter and mod_headers? I don't know, maybe someone else can answer these. And it doesn't have to be lua, that was just the first thing that occurred to me. > We already have two expression languages in httpd (three if you count > RewriteCond). One is in mod_ssl and one in mod_include. We can drop > neither for backward compatibility. I think that mod_ssl's parser is > much better suited as a general purpose tool than mod_include's > parser. Must we maintain backward compatibility in 2.4? 3.0? How long do we maintain backward compatibility when moving to a common expression format would make the whole configuration more understandable in the long term?
