This is a complete 'rewind' and 'restart' of Justin's
original message (below) which kicked off the
recent discussion.
Since the options have narrowed to just 1... it's all
simpler now.
FWIW: +1 from me.
Yours...
Kevin Kiley
In a message dated 01-09-01 17:57:32 EDT, you write:
> Ian has posted his mod_gz filter before, now I'd like to give it a +1.
>
> I told him I'd look at it a while ago, but never got a chance to do
> so. So, I spent this morning cleaning up the configuration and a bit
> of the code to fit our style (nothing major).
>
> I'd like to add this to the modules/filters directory (which seems
> like the most appropriate place).
>
> Can I get two other +1s? I've reviewed the code and can get it
> confirmed working with Netscape 4.77 and Mozilla 0.9.3 by adding the
> following to httpd.conf:
>
> <IfModule mod_gz.c>
> GZFilter On
> AddOutputFilter GZ html
> </IfModule>
>
> We could remove GZFilter as it really serves no purpose as well as the
> text/html check in mod_gz. I'd like to commit something that is close
> to what Ian originally submitted and then tweak it slightly.
>
> (Interesting to note that Netscape 4.77 does not allow you to view
> the source of a gzipped'd entity while Mozilla shows you the
> decompressed entity. Mozilla is getting cool...)
>
> I'm sure we can do more analysis of its performance (what the
> appropriate deflation settings should be), but I'd really to get
> this in first. =-) Justin.
