Bug#673401: task-web-server: Please remove mod_perl and mod_python from task-web-server

[Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de>]

On Monday 21 May 2012, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Christian PERRIER <bubulle@debian.org> (21/05/2012):
> > As you mention mod_wsgi to be obsoleting mod_python, do you think
> > we should install one of libapache2-mod-wsgi* packages with the
> > task?
> 
> There are many other things, as can be seen in django (a python web
> framework)'s docs:
>   https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/deployment/fastcgi/
> 
> I'm not sure we can/should be picking up any of those, it seems to
> me like preferences really are specific to frameworks, developers,
> and admins.

I am also in favor of letting this be handled by the maintainers of 
webapp packages via Depends/Recommends or by the admins.

mod_php is an exception here in that it is so much more popular. 
Therefore I haven't suggested to remove it from task-web-server, but 
we may aim to do that for wheezy+1.

Cheers,
Stefan