-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Erik Abele wrote: > On 28.01.2006, at 19:45, André Malo wrote: > >> * Rich Bowen wrote: >> >>> Rich Bowen wrote: >>>> With the m4a and m4b file types coming into wider use for podcasting, >>>> we need to add them to mime.types. However, when I attempted to do so, >>>> my svn commit failed with a Forbidden. I assume, then, that there's >>>> some other procedure for modifying that file that I don't know about. >>>> Should I add them as an AddType directive in the default config, or can >>>> someone tell me about the process for getting something into >>>> mime.types? >>> >>> As usual, my svn problems (and my cvs problems before them) stem from >>> ignorance rather than from actual problems. I had a http:// checkout >>> rather than an https:// one. >>> >>> The other question remains, I suppose. Is it ok for me to tinker in the >>> mime.types file, or is there some other process by which we obtain that >>> file from the IANA or somebody? >> >> As documented in mod_mime docs we have the policy to add only registered >> types there. > > Yeah, please revert, Rich - the rule is to only add types registered at > IANA. > > It's completely unfair to turn away 'feature requests' which intend to > add unregistered types (see Bugzilla) and at the same time arbitrarily > add unregistered types by ourselves; somewhere we have to draw the line > and well, there it is...
It's unfortunate that our policy causes common file types to be "unsupported", but I'll do as asked. I saw it listed on mozdev, and thought that was a list of registered types. Apparently not. - -- Rich Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD3UKmXP03+sx4yJMRAmEmAJ9z3q8BnP8kv0N0viXOdlt/LVAYcQCeOnuu v3Zl8phhv0W43aNQ9DZru58= =j4wo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
