https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70032
--- Comment #4 from Philippe Cloutier <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Rich Bowen from comment #3) > "mod_rewrite may be used for simple purposes, but the module itself is > rather complex" suggests to me that it's more complicated than it needs to > be. Oh, that is not what I meant. All I meant is that rewriting is not always complicated. If all you do with mod_rewrite is "RewriteRule \.jpg .jpeg", the complexity will probably not be problematic. To put it more clearly: > Some of the use cases for mod_rewrite are simple, but the module itself is > rather complex. (That being said, I understand from some elements I mentioned in the Description that mod_rewrite is indeed more complicated than it needs to be.) > Meanwhile, there was actual outcry when, several years ago, I removed > the assertion that mod_rewrite is "damned cool voodoo". Do you mean people considered "damned cool voodoo" to be mostly positive? > I am -0.5 to downplaying the complexity of mod_rewrite. I am not sure what prompted this remark, but if anything I wrote here sounded like a suggestion to downplay mod_rewrite’s complexity, there was a misunderstanding. > One of my biggest > complaints about any technical documentation is when it attempts to make > things appear simple when they manifestly are not, and this is why many > years ago I instituted a rule in the httpd documentation that we would not > use words like "simple", "easy", "obvious", and other words to that effect. I share your complaint, but I don’t share your policy stance. Subjectivity is certainly delicate and can be problematic, but many things such as complexity are hardly quantifiable, and not qualifying at all can be even more problematic (notice that this very sentence uses subjectivity). > This change is a path in that direction, and I am definitely not in favor of > it. Your remark probably comes from a misunderstanding; my suggestion did not qualify any specific purpose as "simple". But if your point is you oppose saying “the module itself is rather complex”, this could also be fixed with: > Some of the use cases for mod_rewrite are simple, but the module itself can > be rather complex. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
