I have a problem with this question: From one side it is pretty simple for instance to add
AddEncoding gzip .gz and to configure mod_rewrite to respond with the statically compressed content instead of plain version. It should work for any imaginable particular architecture of the site on vanilla Apache. However, you need to duplicate full functionality (and maintenance) of ClientFixup in your External Rewriting Engine. Personally I don't like this idea, because in more common cases (when you try to help many other people) it is going to grow up even over the heap of configuration features of mod_gzip. I would prefer to avoid discussions about static (and semi-static) compressions in this FAQ. I'm looking forward to discuss all this stuff next fall here under the name of Effective Content Delivery rfc. It is supposed to target Apache-2 mainly. Thanks, Slava ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nigel Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Slava Bizyayev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "mod_perl Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 3:27 AM Subject: Re: Content compression FAQ > HI SLava, > > Your new FAQ looks really good! > > I've just got one small suggestion. I've heard that compression > can also work with pre-compressing files with: gzip -9 index.html -> > index.html.gz. > > And you can then configure Apache Multiviews to serve the > pre-Gzipped file. This means you don't have to dynamically zip the file > each time and it works with vanilla Apache 1.3. > > That said, I've been unable to configure Apache to do this > properly. Does anyone have a clear solution that can be incorporated into > SLava's new FAQ? > > > Nige > > > > OK, the preview of a new version of FAQ is available at > > http://devl4.outlook.net/devdoc/FAQ/compression.html (temporarily). > > I cannot finish comparison of modules because the other authors are not > > available for discussions to date. I would probably drop the comparison > > until better times if you don't mind... > > > > Thanks, > > Slava > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Slava Bizyayev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "mod_perl Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 1:10 AM > > Subject: Content compression FAQ > > > > > > > Hello everyone again, > > > > > > This thread is supposed to improve Content Compression FAQ at > > > http://perl.apache.org/docs/tutorials/client/compression/compression.html > > > in order to assist Practical mod_perl as Stas suggested. > > > > > > Any of your questions, suggestions, concerns, and/or criticisms of FAQ > > would > > > be highly appreciated over here. > > > > > > Basically, I'm going to rewrite the preamble, to make clear comparison of > > > modules (a kind of table is expected), and to extend the list of practical > > > questions targeting the interests of Apache administrators mainly. > > > > > > I would highly appreciate if somebody could offer a draft of short and > > clear > > > explanation of features of Apache::Filter chain vs. Apache::OutputChain > > for > > > those sysadmins who know nothing about them initially, but have to be able > > > to configure them properly (with appropriate handlers) in the end. > > > > > > Please do not duplicate questions from the thread "How practical..." to > > over > > > here. Currently I'm just placing formal redirections from that thread to > > > this one. I will continue to answer all that questions here. > > > > > > Let's go ;-) > > > Slava > > > > > > > > > > -- > Nigel Hamilton > Turbo10 Metasearch Engine > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > tel: +44 (0) 207 987 5460 > fax: +44 (0) 207 987 5468 > ____________________________________________________________________________ ____ > http://turbo10.com Search Deeper. Browse Faster. > >
