Re: Bug#292026: ITP: libapache2-mod-hash2 -- apache2 module which provides a good way to hash servername

[David Pashley <david@davidpashley.com>]

On Jan 24, 2005 at 16:51, Julien Delange praised the llamas by saying:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Julien Delange <julien@gunnm.org>
> 
> 
> * Package name    : libapache2-mod-hash2
>   Version         : 1.0
>   Upstream Author : Yann Droneaud <yann@droneaud.com>
> * URL             : http://eloise.ouvaton.net/%7earch/archzoom.cgi/ydroneaud@meuh.eu.org--projects-2004/mod-hash2--main--1.0
> * License         : GPL
>   Description     : apache2 module which provides a good way to hash servername
> 
> mod_hash2 build a digest from the servername to create a united
> directory scheme. As digest could collide, mod_hash2 add the
> real servername to distinguish between hash value (and allow human
> to do inverse lookup on directory path).
> 
> mod_hash2 use libmhash2 to create the digest, so it support all the
> hash algo libmhash2 supports.
> 
> Real document root is built with the default document root,
> append the hash servername path, the servername, 
> optionnaly a name of a subdirectory and the URI requested.
> 

I have absolutely no idea what this package does. May I suggest
rewriting the description slightly. Perhaps adding a use-case might be
worthwhile.

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David Pashley
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