>> If httpd-dev doesn't do it, I suppose we can still implement it in mp2. > > > On a second thought, I think it's better not to add this special method > unless Apache does that.
I fully agree. > Since in 99.99% cases one should not cause an > early headers sending, and for those special cases which go against the > Apache spec (sending no body for HEAD requests) we will simply document > a workaround. This is because the workaround may stop working in the > future and we will find ourselves in a bad situation. right - apache expects you to not do anything special for HEAD requests anymore, so if you mess with that contract you are messing with an unsupported feature, and mod_perl has no business supporting unsupported apache features through a new, mod_perl-specific API. --Geoff -- Report problems: http://perl.apache.org/bugs/ Mail list info: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/modperl.html List etiquette: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/email-etiquette.html