Hi Thaddeus, On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 09:31:25PM +0000, Thaddeus H. Black wrote: > On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 01:54:20PM +0100, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote: > > Package: wnpp > > Owner: Joost van Baal-Ilić <joos...@debian.org> > > Severity: wishlist > > > > * Package name : merecat > > Upstream Author : Joachim Wiberg <troglo...@gmail.com> > > * URL : https://troglobit.com/projects/merecat/ > > * License : BSD 2-clause > > Programming Lang: C > > Description : simple web server with only basic features > > > > Merecat is a simple web server based on Jef Poskanzer's thttpd. > > It supports all basic features required for most use-cases. The > > most prominent features are probably HTTPS, using OpenSSL, PHP, > > multiple servers with HTTP redirect support, redirect from HTTP > > to HTTPS, virtual hosts, and the URL-traffic-based throttling. > > . > > Its small footprint makes it is suitable for small and embedded > > systems. > > > > I plan to migrate my personal web servers to merecat, and maintain > > the software using git at https://salsa.debian.org/debian . Upstream > > also publishes a debian/ directory btw, at their git repo > > at https://github.com/troglobit/merecat ; and I published a first > > shot at packaging at http://mdcc.cx/tmp/merecat/ . > > If I ask you how merecat improves upon simple web servers already in > Debian, I do not mean to challenge you, nor to discourage you. I am > merely curious. > > If you don't mind telling me, how *does* merecat improve upon simple > web servers already in Debian?
I've found 5 + 2 + 1 of them: averell : written in erlang droopy : with upload functionality filetea : filesharing functionality gatling : has more features thin : written in Ruby Maybe webfs and civetweb are comparable to merecat, I'll look closer. And then there's publicfile-installer which I plan to Orphan soonish. I believe it boils down to: merecat is written in the widely spoken C language, is based upon the widely tested thttpd code, and has a very minimal feature set (and therefore possibly fewer bugs). Anyway, I'll try to improve the merecat description with these and more findings, thanks for your interest! Bye, Joost
