Re: [PATCH] Add mod_gz to httpd-2.0

[William A. Rowe, Jr.]

From: "Rodent of Unusual Size" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 12:02 AM


> On 2001-09-01 at 20h50, possibly To [EMAIL PROTECTED] et al.,
> the keyboard of "Ryan Bloom" chattered:
> > 
> > Putting every module into the core is NOT the answer to this problem.
> 
> True.
> 
> > IMNSHO, Apache should be a minamilistic web server.
> 
> IMNSHO, strong disagreement.  It should be able to be configurable
> as minimalist, but that is *not* synonymous with shipping with a
> minimal set of modules.

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2792860,00.html

Ken, I really _have_ to disagree with you on this count.

> > If we don't need it in the core, it shouldn't be there.
> 
> Again, strong disagreement.  Assuming that by 'core' you mean
> 'standard tarballs and install packages downloadable from apache.org.'

I share your objection Ken.  There is no reason _not_to_ bundle both the
minimalist and comprehensive tarballs (and label them as such.)