Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.2.0 Severity: wishlist On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 07:55:33PM +0200, Jérémy Lal wrote: > On 18/05/2011 19:38, Russ Allbery wrote: > > 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 > > +1 > especially for the distinction between httpd-fcgi and httpd-cgi. > Note that "fcgi" name is more used than "fastcgi" in packages names. > > > 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. > > I have the feeling it is a good idea to enforce web servers to declare their > abilities like that. Today many webapps can run through fcgi, whether they are > in php, ruby, c... but they can't state that fact in their control fields. > Instead, i've seen some of them depend on apache2, whereas they can run with > any other httpd-fcgi (example: roundcube-core) > Trouble is i'm not good at argumenting this in a bug report. I think you've made yourself clear. Let's just open the bug with this mail to track what's already been said. Hauke -- .''`. Jan Hauke Rahm <jhr@debian.org> www.jhr-online.de : :' : Debian Developer www.debian.org `. `'` Member of the Linux Foundation www.linux.com `- Fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe www.fsfe.org
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