[webstack-discuss] apache module configuration

2008-07-23 Thread Seema Alevoor
Martin MC Brown wrote: > Hi, > >> Martin MC Brown wrote: >>> You then configure the module configs to be included by editing the / >>> etc/conf.d/apache file with the list of -D MODULE elements to include >>> on the command line. >> So editing the file is needed to enable a module/app? > > No, i

[webstack-discuss] apache module configuration

2008-07-22 Thread Jyri Virkki
Martin MC Brown wrote: > > >One of the goals here is that a baseline level of functionality must > >"Just Work" merely by installing the relevant package(s). > > It will. Cool, that's my main concern, so if that works the rest is [important] details. > The only think you would need to do during

[webstack-discuss] apache module configuration

2008-07-22 Thread Martin MC Brown
Hi, > Martin MC Brown wrote: >> >> You then configure the module configs to be included by editing the / >> etc/conf.d/apache file with the list of -D MODULE elements to include >> on the command line. > > So editing the file is needed to enable a module/app? No, in each of the module specific fi

[webstack-discuss] apache module configuration

2008-07-22 Thread Jyri Virkki
Martin MC Brown wrote: > > You then configure the module configs to be included by editing the / > etc/conf.d/apache file with the list of -D MODULE elements to include > on the command line. So editing the file is needed to enable a module/app? One of the goals here is that a baseline level

[webstack-discuss] apache module configuration

2008-07-18 Thread Nick Kew
On 18 Jul 2008, at 15:14, Martin MC Brown wrote: > > It's not my system, so I'm not going to defend it's merits, but > compared to providing, using and supporting yet another tool, > compared to using an existing method that works within the existing > OpenSolaris framework, I know which I w

[webstack-discuss] apache module configuration

2008-07-18 Thread Martin MC Brown
Hi Nick, >> >> Gentoo place the sample module configurations into conf.d, and then >> use the defines system built into Apache to select which modules to >> actually use. > > and can make for a support nightmare: > > - luser wonders why [foo] doesn't work > - luser has spent ages trying differ

[webstack-discuss] apache module configuration

2008-07-16 Thread Nick Kew
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:04:52 +0100 Martin MC Brown wrote: > Gentoo place the sample module configurations into conf.d, and then > use the defines system built into Apache to select which modules to > actually use. and can make for a support nightmare: - luser wonders why [foo] doesn't w

[webstack-discuss] apache module configuration

2008-07-16 Thread Martin MC Brown
Hi, > IIRC this was briefly mentioned in the past, but I'd like to hear from > the Apache team if there is still interest/consideration in providing > a programmatic module enable/disable interface (CLI). > > In Debian there is a2enmod and a2dismod which are used to enable/ > disable > available

[webstack-discuss] apache module configuration

2008-07-14 Thread Nick Kew
On 14 Jul 2008, at 22:55, Jyri Virkki wrote: > IIRC this was briefly mentioned in the past, but I'd like to hear from > the Apache team if there is still interest/consideration in providing > a programmatic module enable/disable interface (CLI). > > In Debian there is a2enmod and a2dismod which ar

[webstack-discuss] apache module configuration

2008-07-14 Thread Jyri Virkki
Nick Kew wrote: > >In Debian there is a2enmod and a2dismod which are used to enable/ > >disable available Apache modules. > > I don't really like it, but many do. You have a fair point. > > On the basis of Least Surprise, I'd suggest that if we implement any > such thing, we should start by clo

[webstack-discuss] apache module configuration

2008-07-14 Thread Jyri Virkki
IIRC this was briefly mentioned in the past, but I'd like to hear from the Apache team if there is still interest/consideration in providing a programmatic module enable/disable interface (CLI). In Debian there is a2enmod and a2dismod which are used to enable/disable available Apache modules. As