The following reply was made to PR config/3935; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Peter Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], apache-bugdb@apache.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: config/3935: XLS in mime.types Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 01:26:14 -0400 At 11:20 PM +0000 4/20/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Synopsis: XLS in mime.types > >State-Changed-From-To: open-closed >State-Changed-By: dgaudet >State-Changed-When: Tue Apr 20 16:20:13 PDT 1999 >State-Changed-Why: >Yeah I added it. That doesn't mean it'll make it to distribution, >because some folks insist that mime.types match some standard >somewhere and .xls isn't in that standard, or some nonsense like >that. > >Dean Thank you very much. It's nonsense indeed. This is yet another case of tail wagging the dog. Are standards not designed to accomodate user needs, instead of the other way around? This reminds me of a system admin that refuses to add a mime type in order to maintain a vanilla apache distribution. Pete Peter Chen email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
