Re: httpd-cgi is it really CGI or maybe *CGI instead
Anton Martchukov <anton@martchukov.com> writes:
> I wanted to install MoinMoin wiki (python-moinmoin) using
> FastCGI on nginx web server (nginx-full), but python-moinmoin
> brings Apache web server into the system due to its
> dependencies:
> python-moinmoin depends on libapache2-mod-wsgi | httpd-cgi
> nginx-full provides httpd
> I would submit a bug report on any of those packages, but
> it does not appear clear to me:
> 1. Virtual package httpd-cgi is this only plain CGI or also
> can be FactCGI too? In case with nginx, it does not support
> plain old CGI, but does support FastCGI (plus SCGI and WSGI).
> 2. libapache2-mod-wsgi is not the only WSGI web server
> available.
> 3. moinmoin is not limited to WCGI and CGI and also can
> be run with built-in web server, FastCGI, SCGI and AJP.
> The bottom line is that we are probably missing a bunch of
> virtual packages like:
> httpd-fastcgi
> httpd-wsgi
> httpd-scgi
> httpd-ajp
httpd-wsgi has already been requested. See #588497. So far, no one seems
to have run into a practical requirement for the others, although if you
have some cases where we'd use them (as opposed to just a theoretical
need), please do file a debian-policy bug about that.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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