Intent to package libapache-mod-dav
I have prepared a preliminary package of Greg Stein's mod_dav module
for Apache (http://www.webdav.org/mod_dav/). DAV stands for
Distributed Authoring and Versioning. mod_dav implements an class 1
DAV server. mod_dav has an Apache-style license and can therefore be
considered DFSG-free. I guess the canonical name for the package is
main/web/libapache-mod-dav.
Gregor
Package: libapache-mod-dav
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: web
Installed-Size: 68
Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>
Version: 0.9.6-1
Depends: libc6, libgdbmg1, libxmltok1 (>= 1.0-1), apache-common (>=
1.3.4-0), ap
ache-common (<< 1.3.5-0), python, libxmltok1
Description: A DAV module for Apache
mod_dav is an Apache module to provide DAV capabilities for the
Apache web server.
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DAV stands for Distributed Authoring and Versioning. Sometimes, it is
referred to as WebDAV. In any case, it is about using HTTP to provide
enhanced capabilities to a server. A typical scenario is authoring
pages on a website. No more proprietary Fusion, FrontPage, or other
extensions, but a standardized way to work with a (web)
server. However, DAV is capable of much more than simple authoring --
a quick review of the mailing lists shows that it is being envisioned
for document management systems, complex configuration management
systems (aka version control, source control; e.g. CVS), and all
other kinds of nifty web-based data repositories. A rude paraphrase
of its capabilities would be to say that it is a web-based
filesystem, augmented with properties on the directories and files.
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