> Bill Barker <wbarker <at> wilshire.com> writes: > Apache HTTPd doesn't ignore the problem: When I type > './configure --layout=RedHat' it compiles everything nicely configured into > the proper location .
By "ignore the problem" I meant the problem that each linux distribution is placing http config files and htdocs in a different place. And all linux distributions are different from other Unixes, or what the binary distributions from apache use. In a way - you are right, they may even encourage this by making it so easy, so probably ignore is not the right term :-) > > > I would answer no, as the stability issue is a big problem (the HTTPd > > > doesn't have that issue; why is the worst left to us ? :/). The > > > directory layout is a less critical issue. > > > (we can't do the last point: the license allows basically anything) > > > > I disagree - there are a lot of things we can do: > > - warn the users on web, readme, release notes, startup messages > > - provide RPMs with the right layout, or at least define what it should > > be ( right now this is left completely undefined ) > > Thank you for volunteering to maintain the RPMs :). Prior to jPackage, > Henri was pretty much the only person interested in doing the work to > maintain these. After he moved his time to jPackage, the result was that I > WONTFIXed a bunch of RPM related bugs for the 3.3.2 release. I'm not going to volunteer to maintain the FHS-based RPMs :-) I'm not using them, I don't believe it's a good idea, I know most tomcat developers use the common layout, and I know how tricky it is to get "endorsed" or other directory tricks right. I can volunteer to write a simple .spec file that generates an RPM in the same format as the other distributions - i.e. nothing special, just copy all the tomcat files in the same layout as if you would get a .tgz, plus add links to /usr/bin and /etc/init.d. "Maintaining" this would be mostly a no-op, i.e. any problem should be identical with using the .tgz binary package. But that won't solve the problem - many users will still use one of the many FHS variants and they will attribute the problems to tomcat. And it won't be acceptable for linux distros - since they require FHS. What is your proposal ? WONTFIX any issue reported on a RPM-based linux ? I'm fine with this :-), but maybe we should make this clear in the release notes and docs. Costin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
