From: "Joshua Slive" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 10:48 AM
> > + * Allow the DocumentRoot directive within <Location > scopes? This
> > + allows the beloved (crusty) Alias /foo/ /somepath/foo/ followed
> > + by a <Directory /somepath/foo> to become simply
> > + <Location /foo/> DocumentRoot /somefile/foo (IMHO a bit more legible
> > + and in-your-face.) This proposed change would not depricate Alias.
>
> I don't like that. (Sorry to be a constant nay-sayer on config changes ;-)
>
> 1. It overloads DocumentRoot. "Root" should mean "/".
I can appreciate that concern. Even LocationMount /path/ might make more sense.
I'm wide open to suggestions here.
> 2. It encourages people to use <Location> where they should be using <Directory>.
> (Imagine if you protected this <Location> block with basic auth, but forgot
> that another URL can access the same directory.)
Wouldn't matter. The beauty is that the <Location > protection is applied again.
In some Location's - relative to a virtual host, I allow DAV access to a branch
of the filename space. In others, I don't allow DAV, but I allow the usual GET/POST.
This really doesn't introduce anything that Alias allows (except, perhaps, the
DocumentRoot|LocationMount|MapToFilePath none.) I simply believe it's more legible
than the Alias directive. BTW - Alias would continue to preempt this directive, just
as it preempts DocumentRoot today.
> If you wanted to add a "URLMapTo" directive that does something similar, I
> would be less opposed. But I still would not be in favour.
MapToFilePath perhaps? Note; MapToFilePath none -is- valid, e.g., this would help
users (and Mr. Stoddard's earlier concerns);
<Location /server-status>
MapToFilePath none
SetHandler server-status
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from localhost @@Domain@@
</Location>
This way mod_status wouldn't need to be 'updated' for the map_to_storage hook
(although it could, and probably would be.) This will help older modules take
advantage of the optimization without a rewrite.
Further comments (or better naming suggestions) anyone?
Bill
