According to Gabriele Bartolini: > > Are you sure? I override current config parameters using this type of > >call inside libhtdig.. works fine. > > I am pretty sure. So far indeed, the 'head_before_get' has always been a > sub-option of the persistent connection feature, which means that head > before get is not handled if persistent connections are off. > > Also, the option works on a per-server configuration as well, which will > eventually override the global setting.
It would be a good idea, in the general case, for us all to learn how to properly override config parameters in the code, so that a server block or URL block definition doesn't override an internal override when it's not supposed to. However, in the case of head_before_get, I believe the question was raised, but not actually answered, as to whether this attribute even needs to be here. If it's only used when persistent connections are on, and will be fixed to be turned off when doing an initial dig, then it will only ever take effect when doing an update (or incremental) dig with persistent connections turned on. I can't for the life of me imagine any benefit of turning off head_before_get in this latter case. Doesn't keeping this attribute just add to code bloat, user confusion, and potential inefficiencies for no apparent benefit? Maybe I'm missing something here, as I'm not as versed in HTTP/1.1 as you are. It seems to me that htdig should always be doing a HEAD before a GET when doing incremental digs through persistent connections. By the way, Gabriele, good call on the Accept-Encoding header. It's a simple, elegant fix to a troublesome bug. You're right that adding support for gzip encoding is a feature request, and not a bug fix, and should be done after the upcoming release (not before). Good work. -- Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/ Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _______________________________________________ ht://Dig Developer mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List information (subscribe/unsubscribe, etc.) https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/htdig-dev
