Maxim Dounin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > OK, but that file sets some settings differently from documented > defaults, > > which is kinda confusing. > > Wouldn't it make sense to not do that? > > > > I'd prefer the nginx.conf to be as clean and simple as possible. > > As I already tried to explain in Trac ticket #1681, one of the > important goals of conf/nginx.conf, as well as any other default > configuration file, is to demonstrate how various things can be > tuned.
This is mostly done by comments.. though I'd argue a link to a HTML document would be better to explain things. > If this is still not clear, I don't think that repeating > this explanation would help. Sorry about that. Didn't realise that was you.. So should a 'default' install of nginx end up with default_type application/octet-stream, with default_type text/plain or would both be fine with you? Posted at Nginx Forum: https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,282098,282175#msg-282175 _______________________________________________ nginx mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.nginx.org/mailman/listinfo/nginx
