Bug#32263: Proposal: Splitting cgi-bin
On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 12:20:53AM -0500, Brian White wrote:
> Here's what I wrote up as a patch to "policy.sgml".
>
> ===============================================================================
> --- policy.sgml.orig Fri Nov 3 00:02:17 2000
> +++ policy.sgml Fri Nov 3 00:18:45 2000
> @@ -2949,9 +2949,20 @@
> </example>
> and can be referred to as
> <example>
> - http://localhost/cgi-bin/<cgi-bin-name>
> - </example></p></item>
> + http://localhost/cgi-lib/<cgi-bin-name>
> + </example></p>
>
> + <p>The purpose of using <tt>cgi-lib</tt> instead of
> + <tt>cgi-bin</tt> is that most webmasters are used to having
> + <tt>cgi-bin</tt> available for their own local use, much like
> + <tt>/usr/local</tt>. Having packages use <tt>cgi-lib</tt>
> + means that no changes need to be made by the webmaster to both
> + keep what they are used to and still have access to Debian
> + packages.</p>
> +
> + <p>Web servers should include <tt>/cgi-lib/</tt> as a standard
> + ScriptAlias of <tt>/usr/lib/cgi-bin/</tt>.</p></item>
> +
>
> <item><p>Access to html documents</p>
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Although the name cgi-lib is a moot point, I agree with the idea - seconded.
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