Re: Bug#167513: the lack of consultation or discussion regarding this change is not good
Fabio Massimo Di Nitto said:
> > Just to be accurate... I brought this idea to the apache maintainer(s)
> > when I first had it and got a general reply of "don't bother us with this
> > until it's policy". So, away I went.
>
> We read the entire thread as reported by you and we know the story from
> what is written in the here: http://bugs.debian.org/32263
I have to say though, that there's no technical reason why the apache
and apache2 packages can't ship with both:
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
ScriptAlias /cgi-lib/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
This will, after all, Just Work(tm).
Let's say that ships with Sarge. Then by the time the next Debian
release ships (woah, steady now) /cgi-bin/ could be dropped from the
default configuration.
I think we should do it if Policy suggests/requires it, and all the
other web server packages in Debian are doing it. It'd just be silly to
be a stick-in-the-mud about the issue if we're the only group that
hasn't made the switch!
Debian has survived the transition of /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, which
took a long time to do. This one can't be worse. But I also agree with
those who don't want to just change the default config: there's no point
breaking everybody's installations. Have a period of time where both
URIs are supported, and then phase the old one out. If site admins and
script maintainers have a whole release cycle's warning (18 months? five
years? more?) and still don't make the change, then surely it's their
own damn fault. =)
(Besides, wouldn't it be nice to be able to close #32263?)
My only strong argument against my own suggestion here is that some
sites - mine, for example - override the default /cgi-bin/ in each vhost
container. Moving to /cgi-lib/ in the default config would expose the
system's /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ in each vhost. This may not be desirable.
I'm sure you can throw in some debconf warnings though.
Andrew.
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