David.Comay at sun.com wrote:
>> I was hoping we will use 'conf.d' as a wrapper directory for all task
>> specific configurations underneath and totally not need a directory like
>> 'extra'.  I thought, the name 'extra' sounds yucky
>>     
>
> However, "extra" is the name currently used by the existing OpenSolaris
> Apache.  Unless there's a strong reason to change this (for example,
> other OS vendors use something like "conf.d") I strongly suggest not
> changing this.
>
>   
Other Apache re distributors  does seem to converge on conf.d   I was 
hoping that our implementation  is not very different from other 
competitors. This way, customers don't have to read a lot of 
documentation if they want to migrate from Linux to OpenSolaris so as to 
take advantage of other cool features in Open Solaris.
>> I was hoping , envvars will also source its variables from
>> /etc/default/httpd.  Customer should have a easy way to switch between
>> multiple MPM. IMO, /usr/apache2/bin/envvars is not a very  intuitive
>> place that one would look for to switch between multiple MPM.  Besides,
>> /etc/default holds all  system wide default configurations.
>>     
>
> /etc/default is a deprecated method of storing configuration
> information like this.  It seems that a smf(5) property for the
> svc:/network/http:apache2 service is a better way of configuring this
> information.
>
>   
Thanks for the suggestion. Very valid indeed. This also provides the 
flexibility for the server administrator to run apache httpd in 
different MPM model for any given zone.

thanks
sriram


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