> Heh. I prefer not to do this if possible (it would be better to get > the underlying problem fixed).
Of course, I agree :-) That was an idea due to my own ignorance of FastCGI (first use). Also, mentioning the bug will not refrain happy-with-FastCGI users, such as full-ascii commiters. > The main git package in Debian includes git-instaweb, which is why > the gitweb docs are in there. Ah, ok. Didn't know about git-instaweb. Thanks you guys, Jonathan and Gerrit, for having taken your time considering this report! -- Vincent 2013/8/21 Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com>: > reassign 720308 gitweb > retitle 720308 gitweb: double-utf8-encoding problems in FastCGI mode > tags 720308 + upstream > forwarded 720308 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/211888 > quit > > Hi Vincent, > > Vincent Férotin wrote: > >> gitweb is supposed to be "serveable" through FastCGI with Apache, as >> its manual claimed it >> (section "WEBSERVER CONFIGURATION", subsection "Apache with FastCGI"). >> I experimented an error using it, as generated XHTML had double/wrong >> encoding (i.e. non all UTF-8), when gitweb CGI script encounter my >> (accented) name, e.g. in git's log. >> >> This problem is known, as e.g. reported here: >> >> http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/Gitweb-running-as-FCGI-does-not-print-its-output-in-UTF-8-td7573415.html > [...] >> The easiest solution could be to not recommend FastCGI for gitweb, and >> update documentation so. > > Heh. I prefer not to do this if possible (it would be better to get > the underlying problem fixed). > > It might be worth adding a description of this issue to the BUGS > section to the manpage and pointing to it, though. > >> Also, this section shows a `FastCGIServer` directive, which is >> specific to libapache2-mod-fastcgi, >> which belongs to non-free packages' section. For example, a free >> alternative is package libapache2-mod-fcgid, >> which has not this directive. So this section content could also be >> rewritten, according to the recommended Apache's FastCGI module by >> Debian (I don't know if it is libapache2-mod-fcgid). >> >> An other and last remark: could it be possible that gitweb's manual >> belong to gitweb's package >> This bug report should IMHO better stand with gitweb's other bugs? > > The main git package in Debian includes git-instaweb, which is why > the gitweb docs are in there. Probably I should move git-instaweb > to the gitweb package, which would simplify things. > > Thanks for a pleasant report, > Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
