RE: Is HTML compressed?
On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Shaleh wrote:
> On 25-Feb-99 Adrian Bridgett wrote:
> > I've got a package with _loads_ of .html files, but I can't see if they
> > should be compressed or not. The policy-manual describes what to do for
> > info files and manpages, but not for HTML - it just falls under the
> > "compress unless it's small".
> >
> > I've no idea which webserver can server .gz files uncompressed, but I'd
> > think it was most of them.
>
> If it goes into /usr/docs, compress large files (dh_compress takes care of
> this). The user is responsible for uncompressing the info.
>
> New apaches can be forced to read gzipped pages.
As far as I know, neither debstd or dh_compress compresses html files.
This way the user does not have to copy the files somewhere or install
a web server.
There are also many common-sense things that are not reflected in policy
yet. For example, neither debstd or dh_compress compress *.gif files,
because *.gif files are almost always already compressed.
Maybe it's time to amend policy so that it matches current practice
and common sense.
Thanks.
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