Amanda waite wrote:
>
> I propose that we build with support for as many modules as possible, 
> but leave any "stub" libraries in the distribution so that when trying 
> to use a module that we don't have support for, users get back an error 
> message that they can google for and get meaningful results back.

Sounds reasonable to me. As you mentioned, if it produces an
informative error message explaining the situation, that seems ok.

> Currently only 2 modules are affected, they are mod_magnet and mod_cml. 
> mod_cml is being replaced by mod_magnet. The bigger deal is not having 
> support for mod_magnet (requires Lua) as the Lighttpd folks say that 
> this is a major feature of Lighttpd going forward.

You may want to file RFEs to track the necessary work & dependencies
so there is a record of what would have to be done if it is considered
in the future.

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Jyri J. Virkki - jyri.virkki at sun.com - Sun Microsystems

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